Friday, 12 August 2016
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan Attends Eurasian Intergovernmental Council Meeting
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan took part in a regular meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Sochi. The heads of government first attended a joint photo session, after which they met in narrow format followed by an expanded-format meeting.
The heads of EAEU-member country government discussed issues of further development and expansion of cooperation within the Union. In particular, the meeting referred to the draft treaty on the EAEU Customs Code, the process of implementing measures to ensure the mechanisms of traceability of goods in member countries of the Union, a set of documents relating to drug trafficking that is supposed to initiate the formation of a single market of drugs within the EAEU. The heads of government reviewed issues of export and movement of goods in the customs territory of the EAEU, account taken of Kazakhstan’s membership of the World Trade Organization.
Concerning the traceability of goods in member countries, Hovik Abrahamyan stressed the need for applying a mechanism that would take account of Armenia’s peculiarities.
Down to the agenda, Prime Minister Abrahamyan said Armenia attaches great importance to the adoption of the Customs Code as it would be a major step toward strengthening the legal framework of the Union and should be uniformly adopted and enforced in EAEU-member States.
As regards the documents regulating the trafficking of drugs, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia noted the need for early adoption of common principles and rules for the use of medicines within the EAEU that will help the Member States reach the common market, allowing access to third country markets for the manufacturers of drugs.
The Council approved the aforementioned documents, which enshrine the Member States’ cooperation in many sectors of the economy. In addition, the heads of government signed the Protocol on Accession of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan to the Agreement on Movement of Ozone-Depleting Substances and Products Containing Such Substances, and on Keeping Records of Ozone-Depleting Substances while Implementing Mutual Trade between EAEU-Member States.
The next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will be held in Minsk.
