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Sargsyan and Khristenko discuss issues of cooperation between Armenia and Eurasian Economic Commission

Sargsyan and Khristenko discuss issues of cooperation between Armenia and Eurasian Economic Commission

Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission for Europe (EEC) Viktor Khristenko has met with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. They discussed a wide range of issues of Armenia's cooperation with the EEC.Among other things, the sides discussed the memorandum on enhancing cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Commission and Armenia signed the day before in Yerevan, which Khristenko praised as successful and fruitful, Novosti-Armenia reports.

Armenian PM to visit Russia

Armenian PM to visit Russia

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan will visit Moscow today and meet Russian Vice Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and chairman of the board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Victor Christenko, RIA Novosti reports.They will discuss Armenia’s membership in the Customs Union. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev discussed expansion of cooperation within the framework of the Customs Union on Wednesday. The sides discussed bilateral cooperation in trade and energy.

Ukraine to become observer at Customs Union

 Ukraine will become an observer at the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in late May, RIA Novosti cites Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov.The PM noted that discussions of technical aspects of the process with Kazakhstan and Belarus were almost accomplished. Ukraine will have an office at the Eurasian Economic Commission.Ukraine’ membership in the Customs Union is one of the conditions Gazprom has in order to sell cheaper fuel to Ukraine.

ECE ordered Russia and Kazakhstan to comply to the rules of agriculture support

ECE ordered Russia and Kazakhstan to comply to the rules of agriculture support

  The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) has expressed dissatisfaction with the failure of the Customs Union (CU) agreement on common rules for state support of agriculture. Thus, according to the press release of ECE, Kazakhstan does not fulfill, and Russia only partly fulfills paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the agreement. This paragraph states that the parties shall notify each other in writing of the planned program for the support of agriculture.  

Moscow to host EurAsEC summit

Moscow to host EurAsEC summit

 Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will attend the EurAsEC summit in Moscow today to discuss reorganization of the community and financial problems, including fulfillment of the budget of 2011 and budget of 2013.

Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus to discuss Eurasian Parliament

Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus to discuss Eurasian Parliament

 Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus plan to discuss the formation of a Eurasian Parliament in Moscow on September 13, Speaker of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matviyenko said. She proposed the formation of a parliament in Astana as the capital of the booster of Eurasian integration.

Russia becomes WTO member

Russia becomes WTO member

 Russia has become the 156th WTO member today. The protocol on joining the WTO was signed in Geneva on December 16, 2011, after 18 years of negotiations.

Russia may ratify mutual aid deal of Customs Union

Russia may ratify mutual aid deal of Customs Union

The Russian government plans to consider presentation of the deal on cooperation and mutual aid in customs affairs of members of the Customs Union for ratification by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, RIA Novosti reports.Realization of the deal would help the customs service of the states to cooperate. The sides that signed the document would be able to open offices of customs services at other states.

CIS states may join technical regulation of Customs Union

CIS states may join technical regulation of Customs Union

 CIS states may join the technical regulation of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to enter the common market, Chairman of the board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Victor Christenko told Russian President Vladimir Putin, RIA Novosti reports.Russia and Belarus have completed preparations of a document allowing other states to join the technical regulation, Kazakhstan is concluding work on the document.

Eurasian Economic Commission approves common tariff for Customs Union

Eurasian Economic Commission approves common tariff for Customs Union

The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission has approved the new common tariff for the Customs Union, ITAR-TASS reports.The average import fee will drop from 9.6% to 7.5-7.8%, according to WTO standards. About 90% of tariff lines will remain at the current level. Tariffs will drop for about 1,000 types of products, Russian Deputy Minister for Economic Development Andrey Slepnyov said.

Eurasian modernization project (part 1)

Eurasian modernization project (part 1)

Analyzing the prospects of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the context of the development process of Eurasian integration

Belarus and Kazakhstan to keep high import fees after Russia joins WTO

Belarus and Kazakhstan to keep high import fees after Russia joins WTO

Belarus and Kazakhstan may keep high import fees Russia will lower when entering the WTO, as stated by Andrey Slepnev, Minister for Trade and board member of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), RIA Novosti reports.Keeping the old fees requires filing a request for temporary fees for 1.5 years. Three states will approve the request.