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    Peru this Week, Peru
    Jan 7 2014

    Peru opens free trade agreement talks with Armenia

    Via Andina

    Peru moves closer to establishing itself as a force in international commerce.

    Peruvian Foreign Minister Eda Rivas and her Armenian counterpart
    Edward Nalbandian met in Lima on Monday to discuss the prospect of a
    free trade agreement between the two countries.

    Other topics discussed at the meeting were the establishment of a
    political consultation mechanism and the mutual waiver of visa
    requirements for holders of diplomatic, service, and special
    passports.

    Moreover, the two ministers talked about the appointment of honorary
    consuls in both countries and Peru's interest in signing a free trade
    agreement with the Customs Union, formed by Russia, Belarus and
    Kazakhstan.

    The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Peruvian Ministry of
    Foreign Affairs.

    Minister Nalbandian arrived in Lima on Monday as Armenia's first
    foreign minister to visit Peru since the two nations established
    diplomatic relations in 1992.

    During his stay, Nalbandian also met with the head of the Peruvian
    Congress' Committee on Foreign Affairs, Martin Belaunde Moreyra.

    Customs Union

    Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan founded the Customs Union in 2010 as a
    counterweight to the EU's economic sphere.

    Its three member states launched the so-called Common Economic Space
    in 2012. They said the goal is to set up a Eurasian economic union
    modeled after the EU by 2015.

    Meanwhile, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian recently announced that
    his country would complete all procedures to join the Russian-led
    Customs Union in 2014.

    http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peru-opens-free-trade-agreement-talks-with-armenia-101899

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