Armenia’s ex-Prime Minister and previous Ambassador to US, Tigran Sargsyan, has commenced his duties as Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Board, replacing Russia’s representative Viktor Khristenko.

In addition, the makeup of the EEC, which is the executive body of the  Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), has changed. Until now, each EEC member country had three ministers in the Board, but now, there will be two ministers from each country. Accordingly, there are ten board members as of Monday.

Also, a new ministerial position—i.e. the Minister of Domestic Markets, Information, and Information and Communication Technologies—has been created within the EEC. And Former Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia, Karine Minasyan, has assumed this capacity.

The EEU comprises Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.