Decision to join Customs Union is revolution: leader of Communist Party

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS. The Communist Party of Armenia welcomes the decision of Armenia to join the Customs Union. The First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Republic of Armenia Ruben Tovmasyan stated this at the course of the press conference convoked at September 11. Also he noted that the decision to sign the documents was a revolutionary decision in the 23-year old history of the Republic of Armenia.

In the result of the negotiations on September 3, 2013 in Moscow the Presidents Sargsyan and Putin confirmed the aim of the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation in the direction of further development of economic integration processes in the Eurasian territory. In that context the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan announced about the Armenia's decision to join the Customs Union and the necessity of implementation corresponding steps for that aim and in future about participating in formation of the Eurasian economic union. The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin expressed his support to the abovementioned decision of Armenia and informed about the readiness of the Russian side to support the process.