Memo On Armenia’s Joining CU Signed In Yerevan

MEMO ON ARMENIA’S JOINING CU SIGNED IN YEREVAN

November 6, 2013 – 18:05 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – A memorandum on deepening cooperation with the
Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) and the Republic of Armenia was
signed in Yerevan on Wednesday, Nov 6.

The document to serve as a basis for Armenia’s joining the Customs
Union was signed by EEC chairman Viktor Khristenko and Armenian Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan.

“The memorandum ensures involvement of all Armenian institutions in
the activity of the Customs Union,” Mr. Khristenko told a briefing
after the signing ceremony.

According to him, the document will offer Armenia access to
information, decisions being discussed and taken within the Union
and the Common Economic Space, as well as appointment of Armenia’s
permanent representative to the Union.

For his part, PM Sargsyan said that a great deal of work has been done
for Armenia’s joining the Russia-led Union. “We should also assess
the activity to be done for Armenia to become the full-fledges member
of the Union,” he said.