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SENIOR RUSSIAN OFFICIAL URGES ARMENIA TO JOIN FREE TRADE ZONE AGT, EURASIAN INTEGRATION
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News | 12.07.12 | 12:42
Russian Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko urged
Armenia to speed up its accession to the CIS free trade zone agreement
and Eurasian integration in general on an official visit to Yerevan
Wednesday.
"This agreement creates conditions for invigorated trade and economic
cooperation," Matviyenko said at a meeting with Armenian Parliament
Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, according to news agency Itar-Tass.
The Russian official also said that the agreement had been signed
"subject to WTO rules and therefore does not obstruct accession to
the Organisation".
Abrahamyan reportedly assured Matviyenko that this issue would be
considered shortly.
Matviyenko also stressed that Eurasian integration "does not contradict
European integration".
The CIS free trade zone agreement was signed on October 18, 2011
in St. Petersburg by the heads of government from Russia, Ukraine,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Tajikistan, Moldova, and Kyrgyzstan.
Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan did not sign the document
but said they would join in.
The Eurasian Economic Community consists of Russia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Armenia is an observer.
Armenia's main explanation of not speeding up the process of joining
the Agreement is that the country has no land link with the rest of
the signatories.
A new comprehensive Eurasian Union treaty is expected to be signed
by January 1, 2015.
http://armenianow.com/news/39281/armenia_russia_valentina_matviyenko_cis_free_trade _zone
News | 12.07.12 | 12:42
Russian Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko urged
Armenia to speed up its accession to the CIS free trade zone agreement
and Eurasian integration in general on an official visit to Yerevan
Wednesday.
"This agreement creates conditions for invigorated trade and economic
cooperation," Matviyenko said at a meeting with Armenian Parliament
Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, according to news agency Itar-Tass.
The Russian official also said that the agreement had been signed
"subject to WTO rules and therefore does not obstruct accession to
the Organisation".
Abrahamyan reportedly assured Matviyenko that this issue would be
considered shortly.
Matviyenko also stressed that Eurasian integration "does not contradict
European integration".
The CIS free trade zone agreement was signed on October 18, 2011
in St. Petersburg by the heads of government from Russia, Ukraine,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Tajikistan, Moldova, and Kyrgyzstan.
Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan did not sign the document
but said they would join in.
The Eurasian Economic Community consists of Russia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. Armenia is an observer.
Armenia's main explanation of not speeding up the process of joining
the Agreement is that the country has no land link with the rest of
the signatories.
A new comprehensive Eurasian Union treaty is expected to be signed
by January 1, 2015.