PUTIN CONVINCED YEREVAN AND MOSCOW WILL INTENSIFY EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN RUSSIA-ARMENIA PARTNERSHIP

YEREVAN, January 12. /ARKA/. Russian President Vladimir Putin,
congratulating his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan on Christmas
and New Year holidays, expressed confidence that Yerevan and Moscow
will intensify their efforts to strengthen partnership between their
countries.

The Russian president was quoted by Kremlin’s official website as
saying that 2014 was a quite effective year for Russian-Armenian
relations.

Stressing the importance of Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian
Economic Union, Putin said it will give a strong impetus to cooperation
between the two countries in various areas.

The Eurasian Economic Union treaty, signed by Russia, Belarus and
Kazakhstan on May 29 in Astana, took force on January 2, 2015. Armenia
signed its accession agreement on October 10, 2014. The agreement is
already ratified by Russian, Belarusian and Kazakh parliaments.

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