President of Russia Vladimir Putin said the treaty on Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Union should be signed shortly.

The leaders of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus touched upon the issue of expanding membership in the Eurasian Union, Putin said in a statement for press.

“Of course, we touched upon the issue of expanding membership in the Eurasian Union, as Mr Nazarbayev already mentioned, and we have considered the draft agreement with Armenia. This document should be approved and signed shortly. Armenia would like to have this done in June. Overall, we all agreed. We expect that shortly after the Union is set up, Armenia will become its full-fledged member,” Putin said.

Besides, the parties agreed to step up our negotiations with Vietnam on creating a free trade zone, to strengthen cooperation with the People’s Republic of China, specifically in the exchange of customs information on goods and services, and to form expert groups that would work out preferential trade regimes with Israel and India.