After joining Eurasian Economic Union, Armenia is not going to restrict import of agricultural products, feedstock and food from U.S. and EU states.

First Deputy Minister of Economy Garegin Melkonyan told Mediamax’s correspondent about it.

“The restrictions announced by Russia can only be used in Russia’s territory. Under the relevant provisions of the Agreement on Eurasian Economic Union, the sides have the right to take some protective and restricting measures”, Garegin Melkonyan told Mediamax.

It should be recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin banned import of particular agricultural products, feedstock and food to Russia from the states which have imposed sanctions on Russia. The list of the banned items particularly includes meat, fish, fruit, cheese and dairy.

Deputy Minister of Economy called the attention to the information disseminated in the media according to which other EEU states- Belarus and Kazakhstan- stated that they won’t join the sanctions used by Russia and won’t impose any restrictions on the import of agricultural products and food from the states applying sanctions on Russia.