ARMENIA WILL JOIN EURASIAN UNION SOON – PUTIN
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
May 29 2014
29 May 2014 – 1:11pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the end of the session of the
Supreme Eurasian Economic Council that Armenia will join the Eurasian
Economic Union in the near future. The Union itself will be formed by
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on January 1, 2015, RIA Novosti reports.
According to Putin, Armenia wants to join the organization in June. He
reminded that Kyrgyzstan had chances to join it too. Putin added that
there were negotiations to form a free trade zone with Vietnam, to
intensify cooperation with China, form expert groups on development
of preferential trade regimes with Israel and India.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said at the session today that
Armenia wanted to join the structure before June 15.
From: A. Papazian
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