July 02, 2014 | 15:18
The agreement on Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union may be signed in October, Kazakh Foreign Minister Erlan Idrisov said during a Twitter conference. .
“The signing of an agreement is likely to take place in Minsk this October during a regular meeting of the Union member states,” Idrisov said, Interfax-Kazakhstan reported.
Speaking during the meeting of Russian diplomats a day earlier, President Vladimir Putin said he hopes Armenia will become a member in the near future. The Russian leader emphasized that the new alliance stirs interest of CIS partners. In particular, Armenia will become a member soon, while the talks with Kyrgyzstan are underway.
For his part, Armenian Deputy FM Shavarsh Kocharyan said the Eurasian Economic Commission had sent Armenia’s Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU) accession treaty for a domestic national accordance.