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ARMENIAN OFFICIALS, EURASIA ECONOMIC COMMISSION BOARD CHAIRMAN TO DISCUSS COOPERATION
ITAR-TASS, Russia
April 10, 2013 Wednesday 08:08 AM GMT+4
- Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission board Viktor Khristenko
will sign a memorandum of interaction with the Armenian government.
Khristenko arrives in Armenia on a two-day visit.
He will hold talks with the republic's leadership over the prospects
of cooperation between the Customs Union and the Common Economic
Space and Yerevan.
While stating its readiness to participate in integration processes
in the post-Soviet space, the republic has taken a rather cautious
position on membership in the Eurasian Union. It regards the talks
with the European Union over a free trade area and a lack of common
borders as obstacles. A number of ambassadors and representatives
of EU countries stated that it was impossible for Armenia to combine
intensive cooperation with the European Union with membership in the
Eurasian Union.
Armenia is "interested in integration processes and considers them
from the point of view of complementarity," Armenian Prime Minister
Tigran Sarkisyan said at a meeting with Khristenko in December 2012.
Commenting on participation in European integration, the premier
said Yerevan was in talks over creating a Deep and Comprehensive Free
Trade Area which would be ready in 2013.
The parties discussed the guidelines and prospects for cooperation
between Armenia and the Eurasian Economic Commission, as well as
regional integration processes, including integration in the Customs
Union.
ITAR-TASS, Russia
April 10, 2013 Wednesday 08:08 AM GMT+4
- Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission board Viktor Khristenko
will sign a memorandum of interaction with the Armenian government.
Khristenko arrives in Armenia on a two-day visit.
He will hold talks with the republic's leadership over the prospects
of cooperation between the Customs Union and the Common Economic
Space and Yerevan.
While stating its readiness to participate in integration processes
in the post-Soviet space, the republic has taken a rather cautious
position on membership in the Eurasian Union. It regards the talks
with the European Union over a free trade area and a lack of common
borders as obstacles. A number of ambassadors and representatives
of EU countries stated that it was impossible for Armenia to combine
intensive cooperation with the European Union with membership in the
Eurasian Union.
Armenia is "interested in integration processes and considers them
from the point of view of complementarity," Armenian Prime Minister
Tigran Sarkisyan said at a meeting with Khristenko in December 2012.
Commenting on participation in European integration, the premier
said Yerevan was in talks over creating a Deep and Comprehensive Free
Trade Area which would be ready in 2013.
The parties discussed the guidelines and prospects for cooperation
between Armenia and the Eurasian Economic Commission, as well as
regional integration processes, including integration in the Customs
Union.