Lavrov hopes EEU will get observer’s status at the UN General Assembly

Russia hopes the UN General Assmebly will give an observe’s status to the Eurasian Economic Union at the 70th session, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after a meeting with his Belarussian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

“We hope that the Eurasian Economic Union will be granted observer’s status at the 70th session of the General Assembly in September, Lavrov said. “We are working with our partners to promote such a resolution at the UN. Organizations such as CIS, SCTO, the Arab League, the European Union hold a similar status at the UN.

Lavrov said also that the EU is getting more interested in signals coming from the Eurasian Union.