As part of the new cabinet formation process following the prime minister’s replacement, President Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday signed decrees to appoint ministers.
According to an official statement by the Armenian leader’s press office, four ministers have been so far replaced. Ashot Manukyan was appointed as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Ignaty Arakelyan is the new minister of agriculture; Vahan Martirosyan will head the Ministry of Transport and Communication.
Vache Gabrielyan was appointed as Minister-Chief of Staff of Government, and re-appointed to the post Minister of International Economic Integration and Reforms.
In another decree, a deputy chief of the presidential staff, Vardan Aramyan, was relieved of duties to be appointed Minister of Finance.
Agreement on abolition of visas between Armenia, Iran signed in Tehran
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian signed an agreement on abolishing the visa between the two states, RA Foreign Ministry reports.
To remind, the agreement, previously endorsed by the Armenian government, aims to regulate the two countries citizens’’ mutual visits. According to the draft justification the agreement stems from the necessity of fostering bilateral relations, strengthening mutually beneficial trade as well as economic ties between Armenia and Iran.
Citizens with ordinary or diplomatic passports of Armenia and Iran can stay maximum of 90 days in a given 180-day period in the territory of the other country without requirement of obtaining a visa.
Armenia’s Eurasian Economic Union accession treaty is signed
The treaty on Armenia’s joining the Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU) has been signed.
The accession agreement was signed at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting, which was convened Friday in the Belarusian capital city of Minsk, and by the leaders of the member countries, Interfax news agency reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed the hope that the parliaments of all member countries will approve the EaEU accession treaty by the year’s end.
In May, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan had signed the treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union, and this agreement shall enter into force next year, reported RIA Novosti news agency of Russia.