For the first time since the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) in 2015, all of its member states have grown economically, Tigran Sargsian, chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Of the prime ministers of the trade union led by Russia in Kazan.
Sargsian, who represents Armenia as the rotating presidency of the EUE, said that it was only in 2016-2017 that the Member States agreed to eliminate 60 obstacles from the internal market and concluded major agreements in The electricity, oil, gas and transport sectors.
The EEU, whose founding members are Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, also includes Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.
Some members of the opposition in Yerevan have criticized the government’s decision to join the EEU despite the fact that Armenia does not have a land border with the rest of the union. Moreover, some critics consider that Armenia, which has no energy resources, has no place in a customs union led by major oil and gas producers such as Russia and Kazakhstan. They highlighted Armenia’s poor economic performance after joining the EEU. The Armenian government, on the contrary, has always defended its decision on this accession, arguing that otherwise the country would have fared better in the face of the conditions of global economic turbulence.
Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetian attended the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Prime Ministers on 26 May, including the EEU member states. The meeting was held in the capital of Tatarstan, Kazan.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said trade between member countries has almost tripled.
In Kazan, the leaders of the governments of the CIS member states signed a number of documents aimed at deepening cooperation in various fields, in particular those of innovative cooperation and international transport. The next meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS will be held in November.
The Armenian government delegation led by Prime Minister Karapetian also participated in the official reception given on behalf of the Russian Prime Minister.
The absence of the Moldovan Prime Minister, who boycotted the event due to some disagreements between Russia and Moldova, was noticed.
In Kazan, Karapetian also held a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov. According to a press release from the Armenian government, the prime ministers of the two countries discussed the agenda for economic relations between Armenia and Belarus and the prospects for their further development.
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