23 Jan 2014 16:04

Corrected: Armenia approves plan of action for accession to Customs Union

(first name of Armenian economics minister adjusted in para 2 of news item issued at 3.49 p.m.)

YEREVAN. Jan 23 (Interfax) - The Armenian government on Thursday approved a schedule of tasks aimed at the country's accession to the Customs Union and the unified economic space.

"The government has approved a schedule of events, which comprises twenty sections containing 262 tasks. Of these tasks, 150 are to be completed before Armenia's accession to the Customs Union," Armenian Economics Minister Vagram Avanesian said.

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian, for his part, called on agencies to give special attention to the translation of documents.

"It is important that all translations of texts should be as correct as possible. We will use the terms stated in these documents as a foundation for further work," Sargsian said.