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YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who is in the Kyrgyz capital city of Bishkek on a working visit, together with the other presidents of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member countries and the Moldovan president who was invited, participated in the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.

Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC)—i.e. the executive body of the EAEU—Board and former Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, also attended this event, the press office of the President informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to the charter, the sessions—first in the narrow and later in the extended format—were chaired by President Almazbek Atambaev of Kyrgyzstan, the country presiding in the organization.

Among a dozen agenda items, the leaders of the EAEU member states received the report on the main directions of the international activities of the EAEU for 2015-2016, discussed the key guidelines of the macroeconomic policy of the EAEU member states, presented candidatures for the EEC Board, and deliberated over documents related to the amendments to be made in the EEC regulations.

Also, the parties referred to the temporary agreement, which is currently being drafted, between the EAEU and Iran, and with respect to the creation of a free-trade zone.

The presidents decided to hold the next meeting on October 11, in Moscow.

The Eurasian Economic Union comprises Armenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.

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