AZERBAIJAN NOT JOINING EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION
CISTran Finance
June 20 2014
June 20, 2014 6:00 AM
By Ryan Barnett
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Wednesday that no
formal proposal has been made on Azerbaijan’s accession to the Eurasian
Economic Union (EaEU), which will begin official operations on Jan. 1.
“The Eurasian Union is open to our partners,” Lavrov said, according
to News.az. “We would welcome the accession of Azerbaijan, as well
as any other country to the Eurasian Union.”
Additionally, Lavrov spoke during a meeting in Azerbaijan on the
Nagorno-Karaback conflict in the South Caucasus.
“The Eurasian Union was established by Russia, Kazakhstan and
Belarus,” Lavrov said, News.az reports. “Armenia will join the union
soon. Karabakh is a subject of international negotiations. This
conflict should be resolved based on the international principles.
Armenia has announced that its accession to the World Trade
Organization took place within the framework of the internationally
recognized borders. Armenia will join the Eurasian Union within the
UN-recognized borders.”
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