Georgia to give Armenia free transit corridor for EEU exports

PanARMENIAN.Net - Georgia is ready to provide Armenia with a free transit corridor for exporting goods to the Eurasian Economic Union, Deputy Economy Minister said, accoridng to ARKA.

As Emil Tarasyan stated today (Nov 27) during a public discussion on Armenian exports to the Russia-led trade bloc organized by the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia, the issue of the transit of Armenian cargoes through the territory of Georgia was included in the list of the main documents that Armenia signed with the Eurasian Economic Union, “Armenia being the only country of the trade bloc, which shares no common border with any of the bloc’s members.”

“Today we are working to secure an uninterrupted shipment of Armenian goods to the Eurasian Economic Union’s markets,” said Tarasyan, adding that the goods will be exempted from customs checks at the border.

Armenia formally joined the Eurasian Economic Union on October 10. The agreement was signed by the heads of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia in Minsk, Belarus. The agreement on establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union comes into force in 2015.