  Armenia pledges to make full use of EEU potential: PM Karapetyan March 7, 2017 - 13:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) don’t make full use of the potential that the bloc has to offer, Armenian prime minister Karen Karapetyan said Tuesday, March 7. Karapetyan was attending a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Kyrgyzstan’s capital city of Bishkek. “Armenia intends to consistently and systematically work in this direction,” the premier added. The meeting particularly focused on trade talks between the bloc and third countries, with Armenia reaffirming its readiness to continue its active involvement and push forward the EEU-Iran negotiations. The meeting’s agenda included a wide range of issues, including regulation of the Eurasian Economic Council’s domestic market and encouraging sectoral cooperation. Special attention was paid to trade inside the Union, mechanisms for preventing illegal turnover of industrial and agricultural products, as well as protection of intellectual property rights. The next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will be held in the Russian city of Kazan on May 26.   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 |  Related sections Latest news Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates  Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan.Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
