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The issue of Armenian driving licenses has not been resolved yet. In 2017 Russia adopted a new traffic legislation that banned foreign nationals with driving licenses issued by their home countries from working in the country and required them to pass tests to get Russian driving licenses. As a result of the legislation, drivers with Armenian driving licenses were rejected jobs in Russia.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan insisted on Tuesday the Russian legislation runs counter to the EEU Agreement since the latter does not envisage a member state to set separate requirements and regulations in the sphere.

He reminded that an amendment to the legislation by the Russian State Duma was introduced later that waived the restriction for citizens of all EEU members countries, except Armenia. The justification was the restriction was lifted for countries where w Russian language had an official legal status.

“It has happened that all EEU member states are waived from the requirement, except Armenia. Three years have passed and the simple amendment to include Armenia in the list has not been made yet. Russia has adopted a unilateral law that has put us in a discriminatory situation,” the deputy minister said.