Iran wants to gain observer status at EAEU

ArmInfo.The request of the Islamic Republic of Iran to obtain the status of an observer state at  the Eurasian Economic Union was considered at the headquarters of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

As reported by the press service of the EEC, the consultations were  held on August 19 via videoconferencing under the chairmanship of EEC  Minister in Charge for Integration and Macroeconomics Sergey Glazyev.  Deputy Foreign Ministers represented the EAEU member states. The  Iranian delegation was led by the Director General for Multilateral  Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic  Republic of Iran, Seyed Jalaledin Alavi Sabzevari.  The participants  in the consultations noted the progressive development of trade and  economic cooperation between the EAEU member states and the Islamic  Republic of Iran and welcomed the country's intention to get the  status of an observer state at the EAEU in accordance with the  Resolution   on the Observer State..  The decision on granting the  observer status to a foreign partner is made by the heads of state of  the Union at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.