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LET'S ACCEPT TURKEY TO THE CUSTOMS UNION, KAZAKH PRESIDENT SAYS
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18:57 24.10.2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced support Thursday for his Kazakh
counterpart's proposal to dissolve the Eurasian Economic Community
(EurAsEC), but said such a move should be gradual and well thought
over, RIA Novosti reports.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed on Thursday to dissolve
the EurAsEC and focus on the expansion of the mooted Eurasian Economic
Union, which will be based on the Customs Union that currently
comprises Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
"We cannot simply eliminate [EurAsEC], otherwise we will disrupt the
legal basis of the Customs Union," Putin said. "But we have to do
something with it."
Nazarbayev said earlier in the day that the closure of the EurAsEC
was necessary to avoid redundancy because its functions were similar
to the planned Eurasian Economic Union. He proposed focusing on the
expansion of the Customs Union.
Commenting on Nazarbayev's statement, Putin said "we need to think
this over and find a decision that will not burden us with excessive
structures."
According to Nazarbayev, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan could be granted
observer status in the Customs Union, while Armenia and Turkey would
get the full membership.
"The president of Turkey approached me with a request to join our
Customs Union," Nazarbayev said at a session of the Supreme Eurasian
Economic Council in Minsk. "Let us accept Turkey as well."
EurAsEC's full-fledged members are currently Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine have
observer status.
In 2011, the Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh presidents signed
a declaration on Eurasian economic integration, a roadmap of
integration processes aimed at creating the Eurasian Economic Union,
to be based on the Customs Union and common economic space between
the three countries.
Russia's president at the time, Dmitry Medvedev, said Moscow expected
the Eurasian Economic Union to be up and running by 2015.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/10/24/lets-accept-turkey-to-the-customs-union-kazakh-president-says/
18:57 24.10.2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced support Thursday for his Kazakh
counterpart's proposal to dissolve the Eurasian Economic Community
(EurAsEC), but said such a move should be gradual and well thought
over, RIA Novosti reports.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed on Thursday to dissolve
the EurAsEC and focus on the expansion of the mooted Eurasian Economic
Union, which will be based on the Customs Union that currently
comprises Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.
"We cannot simply eliminate [EurAsEC], otherwise we will disrupt the
legal basis of the Customs Union," Putin said. "But we have to do
something with it."
Nazarbayev said earlier in the day that the closure of the EurAsEC
was necessary to avoid redundancy because its functions were similar
to the planned Eurasian Economic Union. He proposed focusing on the
expansion of the Customs Union.
Commenting on Nazarbayev's statement, Putin said "we need to think
this over and find a decision that will not burden us with excessive
structures."
According to Nazarbayev, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan could be granted
observer status in the Customs Union, while Armenia and Turkey would
get the full membership.
"The president of Turkey approached me with a request to join our
Customs Union," Nazarbayev said at a session of the Supreme Eurasian
Economic Council in Minsk. "Let us accept Turkey as well."
EurAsEC's full-fledged members are currently Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine have
observer status.
In 2011, the Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh presidents signed
a declaration on Eurasian economic integration, a roadmap of
integration processes aimed at creating the Eurasian Economic Union,
to be based on the Customs Union and common economic space between
the three countries.
Russia's president at the time, Dmitry Medvedev, said Moscow expected
the Eurasian Economic Union to be up and running by 2015.