ARMENIA TO JOIN EEU SOON: PM

Global Post
Oct 3 2014

YEREVAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) — Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan
announced that Armenia will sign a deal to join the Eurasian Economic
Union (EEU) on Oct. 10 in Minsk, capital of Belarus.

“There is not much time till Oct. 10. I am sure that Armenia will
sign the contract, and we will enter the Eurasian united economic
space,” he told a press conference before the executive meeting of
the Republican Party of Armenia on Thursday.

Abrahamyan said that he doesn’t see any obstacles for Armenia’s entry
into the union, because the country fulfilled all the obligations,
and most likely it will soon become a full member of the community,
according to Armenpress.

The EEU currently groups Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, leaders of
which signed a treaty on the creation of the EEU on May 29.

The EEU is expected to officially come into effect on Jan. 1, 2015.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress