The third Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (ECC) has started its work with number of new members. As the Commission reported in a released statement, Mikhail Myasnikovich has been named as the new Chairman of the Board.
Two of the three new members of the Board are from Armenia. Former Deputy Minister of Economy Artak Kamalyan has been named as the new member of the Board – minister in charge of Industry and Agroindustrial Complex, while former deputy minister of High-Tech Industry Gegham Vardanyan will act as minister in charge of Internal Markets, Information Support, Information and Communication Technologies.
To note, the Board of the Commission operates as a cabinet government, with 10 members of the Commission ("commissioners"). There are two members per member state. The Chairman of the Commission is former Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan.