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Armenia to become EEU full member in due time, ambassador
YEREVAN, August 2. / ARKA /. Russian ambassador to Armenia, Ivan
Volynkin, has downplayed today speculation over Armenia's delayed
membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU0 of Russia, Belarus and
Kazakhstan saying at a news conference that Armenia will become a full
member of the trade bloc in due time.
In comments on a Kazakh foreign ministry statement that the treaty on
Armenia's accession will be signed in October 2014, Volynkin said it
might happen even earlier.
At the May 29 summit of the Customs Union in Astana, Kazakh president
Nursultan Nazarbayev publicly demanded that the treaty on Armenia's
accession make clear that Armenia is joining the EEU with its
internationally recognized borders that do not include
Nagorno-Karabakh.
He said this demand was conveyed by Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev
in a letter sent to him and presidents of Russia and Belarus. The
demand presumably means that the Armenian government will have to
start taxing goods imported from Karabakh. Armenian authorities have
ruled out such a possibility.
After a meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in
Russian Sochi in July Armenian prime minister Hovik Abrahamyan told
reporters in Yerevan that the treaty on Armenia's accession to the
Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will be
signed in late October. -0-
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From: Baghdasarian
YEREVAN, August 2. / ARKA /. Russian ambassador to Armenia, Ivan
Volynkin, has downplayed today speculation over Armenia's delayed
membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU0 of Russia, Belarus and
Kazakhstan saying at a news conference that Armenia will become a full
member of the trade bloc in due time.
In comments on a Kazakh foreign ministry statement that the treaty on
Armenia's accession will be signed in October 2014, Volynkin said it
might happen even earlier.
At the May 29 summit of the Customs Union in Astana, Kazakh president
Nursultan Nazarbayev publicly demanded that the treaty on Armenia's
accession make clear that Armenia is joining the EEU with its
internationally recognized borders that do not include
Nagorno-Karabakh.
He said this demand was conveyed by Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev
in a letter sent to him and presidents of Russia and Belarus. The
demand presumably means that the Armenian government will have to
start taxing goods imported from Karabakh. Armenian authorities have
ruled out such a possibility.
After a meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in
Russian Sochi in July Armenian prime minister Hovik Abrahamyan told
reporters in Yerevan that the treaty on Armenia's accession to the
Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan will be
signed in late October. -0-
- See more at: http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenia_to_become_eeu_full_member_in_due_time_amba ssador_/#sthash.xL27jJ4y.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian