ST PETERSBURG, 26 December (BelTA) – Armenia will preside over the structures of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in 2024. This decision was made at the EAEU summit in St Petersburg on 25 December, BelTA has learned.
In accordance with the EAEU Treaty, the chairmanship is carried out on a rotational basis in the order of the Russian alphabet. Accordingly, Armenia will take over Russia as the EAEU president.
It was also decided where and when the next meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council will take place. Speaking at the summit, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko noted: “We are grateful to Vladimir Vladimirovich that Moscow will host the next meeting of our organization, this will be an anniversary summit [timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the EAEU Treaty]. Nikol Vovayevich [Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan] and I put forward such an initiative. The president of Russia upheld it. All members of the EAEU agreed. In May next year we will hold the next summit of the heads of state of our union in Russia.”