The reduction in Armenia`s trade with Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union will not lead to critical upheavals, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

ArmInfo. The reduction in Armenia's trade with Russia and the EAEU will not lead to critical shocks, as Yerevan's share in the trade turnover is low, Mikael Agasandyan, Director of the First Department of CIS Countries at the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

"This will not lead to any critical shocks, since Armenia's share in Russia's foreign trade is not that high, and Yerevan's trade turnover with Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan is insignificant," Agasandyan said.

He emphasized that the bans on certain goods are aimed at ensuring the import of safe products into Russia in accordance with the sanitary and phytosanitary requirements established in the Union.

"Such control by state supervisory bodies at checkpoints across the state borders of the Union member states is provided for by the Treaty on "The EAEU," Agasandyan explained.

Rosselkhoznadzor announced that, as of June 12, it has been restricting the import of all quarantine products from Armenia, as well as transit through Russia to EAEU member states. As Sergei Dankvert, head of Rosselkhoznadzor, explained, the restrictions on the supply of Armenian agricultural products are due to the lack of effective quality control among producers, not to politics.