Head of Rossotrudnichestvo Konstantin Kosachev Armenia is ready to join Eurasian Economic Union and has already made first steps, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, India and other states are next.

Eurasian Economic Union is to replace the Customs Union involving Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, while Ukraine has a status of an observer since January 1, 2015, ITAR-TASS reported.

He noted that the creation of an international alliance “is not a regional, but global project”, and at the present stage Eurasian Union “is an important point in its development.”

Rossotrudnichestvo is the RF Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation