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publié le mercredi 23 décembre 2009

ARMENIA TO JOIN WTO AGP IN LATE 2010
/DEC 16/ARKA/
Armenia is likely to accede to the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Government Procurements in late 2010. The Agreement on Government Procurement of the World Trade Organization (WTO-AGP), commonly known as the GPA, establishes a framework of rights and obligations for government procurement among the WTO members that have signed it.

ARMENIA AND EU TO LAUNCH NEGOTIATIONS ON ARMENIA’S JOINING EUROPEAN UNION’S FREE TRADE REGIME IN 2010
/DEC 16/ARKA/

Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan to create unified economic space by Jan. 2012
/DEC 19/RIA Novosti/ AK-BULAK HOTEL (Almaty region)- The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan agreed Saturday to create a single economic space by January 1, 2012. The leaders of seven post-Soviet states (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan) met in a place near
Almaty to discuss security and economic integration.
  In June 2009, the heads of governments of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of their intention to join the world trade club as a customs union. The three ex-Soviet republics suspended their bilateral negotiations on the WTO entry to hold consultations on a common position on the customs union.

ARMENIA DECIDES TO ALLOT $100,000 AS PRIMARY CONTRIBUTION EurAsEC
/DEC 18/Interfax, Russia/
The Armenian government has decided to allocate $100,000 as a primary contribution to the Eurasian Economic Community’s (EurAsEC) Anti- Crisis Fund, the Armenian government press service reported. All the EurAsEC member states are required to make contributions to the fund.
It was reported earlier that Armenia had filed an application with the Eurasian Development Bank for loans amounting in aggregate to $500 million from the Anti-Crisis Fund.
The prime ministers of the EurAsEC members, i.e. Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, with Armenia’s participation, signed a treaty on establishing the Anti-Crisis Fund on June 9, 2009. The Fund’s authorized capital is $10 billion, with Russia’s share the biggest ($7.5 billion). The other founders have committed themselves to making the following primary contributions : Belarus $10 million, Kazakhstan $1 billion, Kyrgyzstan $1 million, Tajikistan $1 million, and Armenia $1 million.
The Eurasian Development Bank will manage the fund’s assets.
The fund’s resources can be used for issuing sovereign loans to overcome the crisis, stabilization loans to EurAsEC member states who have low incomes and to finance intergovernmental investment projects.
The treaty allows for funds that are not tied up to be used for investment.
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