Moldova expects to become observer state in Eurasian Economic Union - president

MOSCOW, January 17. /TASS/. Moldova plans to obtain a status of an observer state in the Eurasian Economic Union, the country’s President Igor Dodon said at a press conference after talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. "This morning I met with the leadership of the Eurasian Economic Commission. Today I put forward the initiative of signing a framework memorandum on cooperation with the EAEU. We agreed that in the coming weeks we will launch consultations to sign this memorandum in the coming months," Dodon said. Dodon, who assumed office in late December 2016, said he asked Putin "to consider a possibility that Moldova becomes an observer in the Eurasian Economic Commission and in the EAEU," he said. He noted that the signing of a memorandum won’t contradict Moldova’s agreements with other countries. Dodon voiced hope that in the forthcoming weeks the list of Moldovan goods supplied to Russia will be extended. The EAEU is an economic bloc that came into force in January 2015, bringing together Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Read more