YEREVAN. – The new Ministry of International Economic Integration and Reforms will coordinate Armenia’s cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the European Union (EU).  

Ruling Republican Party Vice-Chairman, Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan told the abovementioned to reporters on Thursday. 

“The tasks of the new ministry will be the matters stemming from [Armenia’s forthcoming] accession to the Eurasian Economic Union.

“I believe the ministry will also develop a new agenda for Armenia-European Union cooperation, to implement the cooperation at a new level,” Ashotyan noted.  

At Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, the Government of Armenia adopted a decision to join the Ministries of Emergency Situations and Territorial Administration, and, also, to create a new ministry: the Ministry of International Economic Integration and Reforms.