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INDIA WANTS TO SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CU: PUTIN
19:02, 24 October, 2013
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. India has shown interest in signing a
free trade agreement (FTA) with the Customs Union. Armenpress reports
citing Itar-tass that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir
Putin underscored it at the session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic
Council in Minsk.
"We just mentioned that we have to approach the expansion of our union
very carefully. I fully agree with that. And the conditions should
be the same for all. We discussed this issue and we all agreed with
this position," said the President of the Russian Federation.
Speaking about the interest of third countries in the cooperation
with the Customs Union, in particular Turkey, Vladimir Putin noted
that another major world economy, India, has shown interest. "We just
hosted the Prime Minister of India, and he asked me to put this issue
on the agenda of our today's meeting, namely that India would like
to consider the possibility of signing a free trade agreement with
the Customs Union," he said.
According to the President of the Russian Federation, in view of the
volume and scale of the Indian market, the development prospects of
Asia as a whole, the sides must consider this proposal seriously.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/737715/india-wants-to-sign-free-trade-agreement-with-cu-putin.html
From: Baghdasarian
19:02, 24 October, 2013
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 24, ARMENPRESS. India has shown interest in signing a
free trade agreement (FTA) with the Customs Union. Armenpress reports
citing Itar-tass that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir
Putin underscored it at the session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic
Council in Minsk.
"We just mentioned that we have to approach the expansion of our union
very carefully. I fully agree with that. And the conditions should
be the same for all. We discussed this issue and we all agreed with
this position," said the President of the Russian Federation.
Speaking about the interest of third countries in the cooperation
with the Customs Union, in particular Turkey, Vladimir Putin noted
that another major world economy, India, has shown interest. "We just
hosted the Prime Minister of India, and he asked me to put this issue
on the agenda of our today's meeting, namely that India would like
to consider the possibility of signing a free trade agreement with
the Customs Union," he said.
According to the President of the Russian Federation, in view of the
volume and scale of the Indian market, the development prospects of
Asia as a whole, the sides must consider this proposal seriously.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/737715/india-wants-to-sign-free-trade-agreement-with-cu-putin.html
From: Baghdasarian