DUMA RATIFIES TREATY ON ARMENIA’S ACCESSION TO EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION

Russia Beyond the Headlines
Dec 10 2014

13:40 December 10, 2014 Interfax

The Russian State Duma ratified a treaty on Armenia’s accession to
the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) on Wednesday.

The accession treaty is the basic document regulating agreements
between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on the terms and conditions
of Armenia’s accession to the EEU and is aimed at forming the legal
foundation of the Union’s operations.

The agreements stipulate that Armenia becomes a full member of the EEU
at the moment of the treaty’s entry into effect upon the completion
of all national ratification procedures.

Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia signed the EEU treaty in Astana on
May 29, 2014, and it will take effect on January 1, 2015.