Armenia Justice Ministry will receive $120,000 for translation of CU documents

The Justice Ministry of Armenia will be allocated $120,000 for translation of the Customs Union (CU) documents from Russian into Armenian.

The respective decision was adopted at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting.

Once Armenia becomes a member in the Customs Union, there will be a constant need for translations from Russian into Armenian.

Technical and legal documents are subject to translation for various state agencies of Armenia.

In addition, several official documents will have to be translated from Armenian into Russian.

Translations from Russian into Armenian are a new challenge for the Justice Ministry translators, since they used to translate solely from English into Armenian and vice versa.

Following the talks that were held on September 3, 2013 in Moscow between Armenian and Russian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin, Sargsyan had announced that Armenia plans to join the Customs Union and subsequently engage in the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union. In December 2013, the “road map” for Armenia’s accession to the Customs Union was adopted. And in January of this year, the Government of Armenia approved the action plan for the implementation of this “road map.” Aside from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan likewise are members in the Customs Union.