President Serzh Sargsyan received members of the Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian Economic Union

President Serzh Sargsyan received today members of the Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and Chairman of the EEU Board Tigran Sarkissian, who have arrived to Armenia to participate in the meeting of the Intergovernmental Council of the EEU.

The President welcomed the guests to Armenia. Underscoring that the meeting of the Intergovernmental Council of the EEU is being held in Armenia for the first time, President Sargsyan expressed confidence that it will be productive. “We have all joined the EEU based on our economic interest, interests of our citizens. It is important that the decisions you will adopt are tangible for the business climate, for the consumers of the goods and clients who use services. I believe that towards this end, it is critical to get rid of obstacles, technical obstacles which obstruct free movement of goods and services and subsequently reduce the economic efficiency of the integration processes” said the President of Armenia. Noting that he is aware that there are numerous issues on the agenda, Serzh Sargsyan asked the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan – a country presiding at the EEU – Karim Masimov to inform whether there is a consensus on the discussed issues and what to expect from the meeting.

On behalf of his colleagues and his own behalf, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan thanked for the warm welcome and comfortable conditions created for the preparation of the meeting and the works of the Intergovernmental Council of the EEU. “We have a busy day ahead of us and we will discuss issues related to the future development of the Eurasian Economic Union. On the eve of the presidential meeting, we will try to discuss and remove from the agenda the majority of issues so that at the meeting on the highest level presented are only major issues of strategic importance related to the future development,” said Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Masimov.

He informed that today a number of issues will be discussed at the meeting of the Prime Ministers which will be conducted in a restricted as well as extended formats, and that during the today’s discussions the members of the Intergovernmental Council of the EEU will try to solve them.

At the meeting, the Chairman of the EEU Board Tigran Sarkissian presented the EEU integration opportunities with other unions, as well as prospects of developing relations with individual states.

With regard to the normal economic development of the countries-members of the EEU, the President of Armenia stressed the importance of the security component and presented the latest developments around the NK issue.