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 | Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. |