In 1994, the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, initially proposed the idea of forming a “Eurasian Union” in his speech at Moscow State University. Since then numerous treaties were signed to establish the trading bloc. It was created based on the Treaty of Establishment of the Eurasian Economic Community, signed by the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan in Astana city of Kazakhstan on October 10, 2000. In January 2006 Uzbekistan joined the Eurasec; however , two years later, in 2008, it suspended its presence in Eurasec’s governing bodies.

In May 2002 Moldova and Ukraine gained observer status at the Community, and in April 2003 the same status was granted to Armenia.

The correct choice is E.