SERZH SARGSYAN PARTICIPATES IN MEETING OF EURASEC INTERSTATE COUNCIL IN MINSK

Noyan Tapan
Nov 27, 2009

MINSK, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
participated in the meeting of the Interstate Council of the Eurasian
Economic Community (EurAsEC) in Minsk on November 27. Armenia has
status of observer in this organization.

The Presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Balarus, Kyrgyzstan, and
Tajikistan also participated in the meeting. About two dozen issues
were on the agenda, including the implementation of the decisions
adopted at the previous meetings of the EurAsEC Interstate Council,
the formation of a single customs union in the territory of EurAsEC,
and issues related to joint work on overcoming the consequences of
the global financial and economic crisis.

Two decisions – the decision on the creation of the anti-crisis
fund of EurAsEC and the decision on the establishment of the high
technology center of EurAsEC had been taken at the meeting of the
EurAsEC Interstate Council held on 4 February 2009. Armenia is a
co-founder of the anticrisis fund and the high-tech center, and the
RA National Assembly has already ratified the documents relating to
these two decisions.

The heads of the EurAsEC member states signed documents related to
the decisions made, including the documents on the customs union
among Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

According to the RA Presidential Press Service, while in Minsk, Serzh
Sargsyan also attended the international summit on the development
of information technologies in the CIS.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress