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Kyrgyzstan’s parliament on Wednesday ratified a treaty on the republic’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union, the new Russia-led political and economic bloc formed with Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, TASS reports.

"The draft law ‘On ratification of international agreements on accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union’ has been prepared by the government of the country," the parliament’s press service told TASS, adding that 96 deputies voted for the legislation, while only two voted against it.

To become law, the legislation must be signed by President Almazbek Atambayev.

Kyrgyz Economy Minister Oleg Pankratov noted that the document would still need to be ratified by the parliaments of the other member states, before the Central Asian nation could open its borders to them. He said the Kyrgyz side wanted to ask its union partners to accelerate the ratification procedure and not to postpone the issue until the autumn.