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DEPUTY ECONOMY MINISTER: ARMENIA HAS NO INTENTION TO RENOUNCE IDEA OF JOINING CUSTOMS UNION
YEREVAN, September 19. /ARKA/. Armenia has no intention to renounce
its decision to join the Customs Union, Deputy Economy Minister Karine
Minasyan said on Thursday.
Armenian and Russian presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin,
made a joint statement on September 3, after they met in Moscow. It
has become known from the statement that Armenia has decided to join
the Customs Union and it intends to take part in formation of Eurasian
Economic Union in the future.
The announcement came as Armenia was poised to sign the Association
Agreement with the European Union.
"The decision has been made and seven working groups are already set
up for composing an agenda for negotiations'"
Minasyan said that the groups will discuss issues related to laying
legal groundwork for the agreement, cost and technical regulation as
well as customs infrastructures.
Latest developments show, she said, that there is room for continuing
close relations with the European Union - this has been heard from
highest-ranking officials.
At its routine Thursday meeting, the Cabinet upheld a program of the
steps to be taken for joining the Customs Union. The document implies
correlation between the Customs Union and Armenia's legal grounds.
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17:49 19.09.2013
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YEREVAN, September 19. /ARKA/. Armenia has no intention to renounce
its decision to join the Customs Union, Deputy Economy Minister Karine
Minasyan said on Thursday.
Armenian and Russian presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin,
made a joint statement on September 3, after they met in Moscow. It
has become known from the statement that Armenia has decided to join
the Customs Union and it intends to take part in formation of Eurasian
Economic Union in the future.
The announcement came as Armenia was poised to sign the Association
Agreement with the European Union.
"The decision has been made and seven working groups are already set
up for composing an agenda for negotiations'"
Minasyan said that the groups will discuss issues related to laying
legal groundwork for the agreement, cost and technical regulation as
well as customs infrastructures.
Latest developments show, she said, that there is room for continuing
close relations with the European Union - this has been heard from
highest-ranking officials.
At its routine Thursday meeting, the Cabinet upheld a program of the
steps to be taken for joining the Customs Union. The document implies
correlation between the Customs Union and Armenia's legal grounds.
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17:49 19.09.2013
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/deputy_economy_minister_armenia_has_no_intention_t o_renounce_idea_of_joining_customs_union/