Armenia's President to attend Supreme Eurasian Economic Council's expanded session

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, ARMENPRESS. The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan will pay a working visit to the Russian Federation on December 23. The Public Relations and Mass Media Department of the President’s Office informed “Armenpress” that Serzh Sargsyan will participate in the expanded session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, which will be held on the presidential level on December 24 in Moscow.

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.