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Member of the Board - Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics Eldar Alisherov
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30 Jun 2025 Thai entrepreneurs positively assessed prospects of operating in EAEU market At the request of Thailand's business community, the Eurasian Economic Commission, jointly with the Royal Thai Embassy in Moscow and the Thai Trade Center in Moscow, organized an online seminar "EAEU Rising Potential Markets for Thai Entrepreneurs in the Dynamic International Trade". "A developed and clear infrastructure of interaction between the Eurasian Economic Union and Thailand is established. The EEC and the Government of Thailand continue to implement the Memorandum of Cooperation concluded in 2018. There were two meetings of the joint working group. The key areas of cooperation of greatest interest are identified," told Mikael Belluyan, Director of the EEC Integration Development Department. He also noted that the EAEU-Thailand dialogue is open for businesses. Most of the events organized by the EEC, including those targeting ASEAN countries, are held for business audiences and enable direct communication between entrepreneurs. The Head of the Department noted the potentially priority areas of cooperation that could be drivers for developing the EAEU-Thailand dialogue featuring business circles. These are digitalization, industrial cooperation and food security, transport and logistics, and the financial services sector, including payment issues. In turn, Sunanta Kangwalkulkij, Director of the Department of International Trade Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Thailand, positively assessed the opportunity of unlocking the high potential of trade and economic cooperation between Thailand and each of the EAEU states. The seminar focused on practical procedures of access to the EAEU market, trade policy, customs and tariff regulation in the Union, the potential for cooperation between the Member States and Thailand in the field of industry, transport and logistics. Representatives of Thai business circles shared positive examples of their operation in the EAEU market.
27 Jun 2025 EEF 2025 discussed potential of artificial intelligence and prospects of applying it in statistics The use of artificial intelligence in the field of statistics within the Eurasian Economic Union may become an additional impetus to strengthening the digital, technological and innovative potential of the EAEU statistical system. This idea was emphasized by Eldar Alisherov, Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission, in Minsk during the EEF 2025 round table "EAEU Statistics 2030: Potential and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence Application". "Successful implementation and reliable use of artificial intelligence in statistical activities requires the development of clear standards, transparency, data protection and concerted action by national statistical offices and international organizations," mentioned Eldar Alisherov. The round table participants agreed that the emergence and development of tools for analyzing statistical information based on artificial intelligence is one of the most important trends determined by the changing needs of official statistics. Artificial intelligence technologies can be applied at all stages of statistical production from data collection to dissemination of official statistics. "The current trend in sustainable development of the EAEU statistical system is the introduction of modern information technologies, including artificial intelligence, which will ensure a necessary level of operational efficiency given high growth rates of information and communication complexity of the tasks at hand," summed up Eldar Alisherov.  
27 Jun 2025 EAEU and Nicaragua: mutual intention to expand contacts and intensify trade and economic dialogue On the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, there was a meeting between the co-chairs of the working group on interaction between the EEC and the Government of Nicaragua: Eldar Alisherov, EEC Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics, and Laureano Ortega Murillo, Adviser to the President of Nicaragua for Investments, Trade and International Cooperation. "By signing the 2024 Memorandum of Cooperation between the EEC and the Government of Nicaragua, we have taken our dialogue to a qualitatively new level. Our common goal is to coordinate joint efforts to increase and diversify trade and economic cooperation, exchange of experience in sectors of mutual interest, as well as to assist representatives of business circles of the EAEU and Nicaragua in establishing direct interaction," Eldar Alisherov noted. The co-chairs exchanged information on the work done by the parties since the meeting of the joint working group held at the end of 2024, emphasizing the great potential for developing sectoral dialogue. In addition, the EEC Minister noted, "Jointly addressing the task of mutually beneficial increase in trade and economic cooperation, it is necessary to get to know each other better, to eliminate the lack of information about commercial opportunities and business environment. Business is the main driver and beneficiary of our dialogue." Laureano Ortega Murillo said that the agreements reached at the previous meeting of the joint working group in Moscow are being worked out precisely in this context. He also announced that Nicaragua is looking into the issue of obtaining the Observer State status at the EAEU, which confirms its interest in further intensification of trade and economic interaction between Nicaragua, the EAEU Member States and the EEC. Eldar Alisherov responded by clarifying the procedural matters of obtaining such status. The co-chairs of the working group acknowledged that in the future it would be advisable for the joint working group to focus on the issues of technical regulation, application of sanitary, phytosanitary and veterinary measures, consumer protection, pharmaceuticals and biotechnologies. Given the factor of geographical remoteness of the EAEU and Nicaragua, it is practical to pay attention to sectors that do not involve high transport costs and issues accompanying the development of digitalization and service provision. The next full-scale meeting of the joint working group on interaction between the EEC and the Government of Nicaragua is scheduled for the end of this year.
27 Jun 2025 EEF 2025 named labor migration as a resource for steady economic growth On June 26, on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Forum, a round table "Labor Migration as a Resource for the EAEU States Sustainable Economic Growth: Creating Conditions for Attracting and Developing Qualified and Scientific Specialists within the EAEU" was held, which was attended by Alexey Vedev, Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission. He spoke about the prospects of science and technology cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union countries, noting in this regard the key importance of the Treaty on the EAEU. This document, in his opinion, is the basis for interaction in the field of science and technology. The representative of the EEC emphasized that for greater efficiency in interaction and implementation of industry initiatives within the Eurasian Economic Union, the Commission jointly with the Member States developed the Strategic Directions for EAEU Economic Development until 2025. Further work of the Union countries is built on the basis of the adopted Eurasian Economic Path Declaration on development of economic processes within the EAEU until 2030 and for the period until 2045. An action plan for its implementation is currently being prepared. According to Alexey Vedev, among the important measures stipulated in the Declaration and aimed at promoting science, technology and innovation cooperation are the introduction of innovative approaches in industry and agriculture, development of modern technologies in the field of energy and a number of others.
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Interview of Andrey Lipin, Deputy Director of the Department for Macroeconomic Policy of the EEC, to 04 Feb 2016 Interview of Andrey Lipin, Deputy Director of the Department for Macroeconomic Policy of the EEC, to "Vedomosti": "Integration: Running Without Barriers" Since January 2015, the integration processes between Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Armenia, which joined during the year, and the Kyrgyz Republic have been regulated by the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) that aims at creating a single market for goods, services, capital and labor.
01 Dec 2015 Interview of the EEC Minister Danil Ibrayev to website Russianews.net: "We are protecting the interests of five states" Undoubtedly, Europe has heard of the Eurasian Economic Commission. But both the European Commission, and the Europeans themselves, cannot really imagine what it is, and in particular, whether it threatens the economic interests of the EU or whether it can become its partner. Is it the equivalent of the European Union, but it covers an even larger area, or the revival of the Soviet Union? We met with the Member of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Danil Ibrayev to clarify these questions.
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