The agreement on Armenia’s accession to the Customs Union (CU) and the Eurasian Common Economic Space (CES) will be prepared by June 1.

Once the agreement is prepared, it will be submitted for discussion among the heads of states at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting, which will be convened on May 29 in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan.     

The Belarus Presidential Press Service informed that the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan have approved—at the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting held Tuesday in the Belarusian capital city Minsk—the work done so far with the roadmap on Armenia’s CU and CES accession.      

Specifically, from the roadmap’s 126 points, which need to be fulfilled prior to the signing of the agreement, 111 points have been fulfilled plus fifteen points will be included in Armenia’s CU and CES membership agreement. 

Following the talks that were held on September 3, 2013 in Moscow between Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin, Sargsyan had announced that Armenia plans to join the Customs Union and subsequently engage in the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union. In December 2013, the “roadmap” for Armenia’s accession to the Customs Union was adopted. And in January of this year, the Government of Armenia approved the action plan for the implementation of this “roadmap.” Aside from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan likewise are members in the Customs Union.