Armenian parliament voted 103 to 7 (with one abstention) to ratify the Treaty on Armenia’s Accession to the Eurasian Economic Union.
Five out of 6 parliamentary groups voted for ratification.
Armenia formally joined the Eurasian Economic Union on October 10. The agreement was signed by the heads of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia in Minsk, Belarus. The agreement on establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union comes into force in 2015.
Armenia's accession to the Treaty was actively discussed due to the border issue, concerning the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh.
In May, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said a letter from Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan, stated that the provisions of the Treaty on the accession of Armenia to the EEU should apply to its territory in the framework of international borders, recognized by the United Nations.
As Nazarbayev stated on Friday, “a compromise was reached on the delicate issue – the borders of Armenia’s accession to the Union, with the issue now off the table.”
