ArmInfo. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan took part in a regular meeting of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission in through video conference.
As the press service of the RA government told ArmInfo, a number of issues related to the development of Eurasian integration were discussed during the meeting, including a draft agreement on a single transit system within the EAEU, a program for the development of a common energy market in the EAEU, progress in developing strategic directions of the Eurasian economic integration until 2025 and other issues.
At the end of the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia formally informed the members of the EAEU Council about the recent incident at the Moscow Food City market in connection with the ban on the sale of Armenian goods. Mher Grigoryan emphasized that such cases are unacceptable and called on his colleagues to analyze the situation in detail.
To note, against the background of clashes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, on the territory of the Russian Federation, a number of incidents occurred with the participation of Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
This affected the activities of Armenian exporters, who faced the problem of selling products on the Food City market in Moscow. In particular, 50 trucks loaded with apricots were expelled from the market and could not sell perishable goods. The situation was saved by the large Armenian community, which began to buy up apricots, demonstrating unity and solidarity. Moreover, a Russian businessman of Armenian origin, Samvel Karapetyan, provided his territory for parking trucks. Similar events took place in St. Petersburg. Fruit suppliers from Armenia complained that after the escalation of the armed conflict between Baku and Yerevan they were asked to leave the "Azerbaijani" markets of St. Petersburg. According to representatives of the Diaspora, at midnight on July 17, "trucks with Armenian goods were removed from the Azeri-controlled markets of the northern capital." As a result, suppliers have lost the ability to sell perishable products. Apricots and peaches that arrived from Armenia were urgently sold at wholesale prices directly from the trucks.
