Iran welcomes idea of joining Eurasian Economic UnionNovember 13, 2015 - 12:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The issue of Iran's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) may be settled within 2-3 years, the country's Minister of Communication told RIA Novosti on Thursday, November 12. “Tehran generally welcomes the idea, but discussions on the issue will take long,” Mahmoud Vaezi said at the session of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission in Moscow. “We need to work a lot at the level of various ministries and discuss a variety of issues.” Earlier, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov declared that the possibility of signing an agreement on a free trade zone between the EEU and India, Egypt and Iran is currently being elaborated on. The Eurasian Economic Union is an economic union of states located primarily in northern Eurasia. A treaty aiming for the establishment of the EEU was signed on May 29, 2014 by the leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, and came into force on January 1, 2015. Treaties aiming for Armenia and Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union were signed on October 9, 2014 and December 23, 2014, respectively. Armenia and Kyrgyzstan's accession treaties came into force on January 2, 2015 and August 6, 2015. Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |