ArmInfo.The issue of granting observer status to a particular state requires a consensus decision. This was stated by press secretary of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vahan Hunanyan, answering to the questions of the media, including ArmInfo, regarding Armenia's position on the issue of granting observer status to Azerbaijan in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
At the same time, he stressed that such a decision is preceded by consultations within the EAEU to determine the economic feasibility of this step. In this regard, the press secretary of the RA MFA referred to Article 109 of the agreement "On the Eurasian Economic Union" dated May 29, 2014. Hunanyan also said that at this stage no country had received request for obtaining observer status in the EAEU.
On December 10, during a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (SEEC), which was held in the format of a video conference, Honorary Chairman of the SEEC, the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, said that Azerbaijan could become an observer in the EAEU. And during the briefing on December 15, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, positively assessed the proposal of Nursultan Nazarbayev, noting that cooperation between the EAEU and Azerbaijan would contribute to the activation of mutual trade and the implementation of large-scale infrastructure projects.
On January 2, 2015, the Treaty on Armenia's accession to the EAEU entered into force. Armenia became the fourth full member of the Eurasian Economic Union along with Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. Today Moldova, Uzbekistan and Cuba have the status of observer states.