Armenia cannot a full EurAsEC member as it has no common borders with the EurAsEC member-states, RA Prime minister Tigran Sargsyan stated after returning to Yerevan from Saint Petersburg, where an Armenian delegation participated in a meeting of the EurAsEC Interstate Council.

The Information and Public Relations Department, RA Government, told NEWS.am that the Armenian delegation includes Head of the RA Government Staff David Sargsyan, RA Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan, RA Deputy Minister of Finance Vardan Aramyan, RA Deputy Minister of Economy Mushegh Tumasyan, RA Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication Artashes Avetisyan, and other officials.

Talking to Armenian journalists, the RA Premier underlined the importance of two issues on the agenda: the work of the anti-crisis fund and the formation of an innovation fund. He reported that specific agreements were reached. “These are infrastructural credit programs of integration and cooperation to the amount of up to U.S. $500m in the fields of energy and chemistry,” the Premier said.

“The observer status at the organization allows us to develop our relations with EurAsEC. It allows us to be informed of the developments and determine the tasks Armenia could be involved in. Of course, being informed will help us take this opportunity,” Premier Sargsyan said.

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