eng

News

EEC in the media Photo Video
26 Jun 2025 Bakytzhan Sagintaev Held Negotiations with Prime Minister of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing On June 26 on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, Bakytzhan Sagintaev, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, held a working meeting with Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administrative Council and Prime Minister of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The parties discussed cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union countries and Myanmar in accordance with the Memorandum of Cooperation. "Since the signing of the Memorandum, positive dynamics has been observed on a wide range of economic agenda items of our cooperation," Bakytzhan Sagintaev noted. "The EAEU states' trade turnover with Myanmar has more than tripled in 2019–2024, exceeding $1.5 billion." The Head of the EEC Board emphasized that raising awareness with the parties about each other's trade and economic opportunities will create the necessary conditions for developing interaction. At the end of the meeting Bakytzhan Sagintaev and Min Aung Hlaing agreed that interaction between the business circles will give additional impetus to the dialogue between the EAEU and Myanmar. This will also make it possible to identify new promising areas of cooperation. The key exports of Myanmar to the EAEU countries are rice, coffee, palm oil and cocoa beans. Imports to Myanmar are dominated by mineral fertilizers, consumer goods, machinery and equipment, metals, edible oils, cement and medicines.
26 Jun 2025 Bakytzhan Sagintaev, "Joining economic potentials can multiply the effect of mutually beneficial cooperation" On June 26, Bakytzhan Sagintaev, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, took part in the panel session "Dialogue of Interstate Associations: Convergence of Economic Potentials and Deepening Trade and Economic Cooperation" at the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk. "Dialogue of integrations" is one of the main development trends of the global economy. The leaders of all five countries of the Union never fail to emphasize the importance of incorporating the Eurasian Economic Union into the global system of trade and economic relations," Bakytzhan Sagintaev emphasized.  The Head of the EEC Board noted that the Commission jointly with the Member States created the necessary infrastructure for a systemic international dialogue. There are 12 memoranda of cooperation with regional interstate associations. Dialogue with them serves as a foundation for the exchange of experience and increasing the pace of trade and economic cooperation. The Commission and the Union have an extensive network of contacts around the world, including Eurasia, Latin America and Africa. Among the key partners with which the dialogue is successfully developing are the CIS, SCO, ASEAN, Mercosur, BRICS, CICA, Andean Community, Southern Common Market, African Union, Pacific Alliance and others.   The main instrument for expanding the geography of partnership is trade agreements. They are concluded with Vietnam, Iran, Serbia, China, and negotiations on an agreement with Indonesia are at the final stage. On June 27, two more trade agreements are scheduled to be signed on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting — with the UAE and Mongolia. "Today the EAEU is interested not only in adopting the positive experience of other organizations in integration development. As an established association, we are ready to offer our partners our own best practices. Joining our economic potentials can multiply the effect of mutually beneficial cooperation," summarized the Head of the EEC Board.
26 Jun 2025 Bakytzhan Sagintaev, "The trade and economic dialogue of the EAEU and CICA countries is growing in importance" On June 26 on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk, Bakytzhan Sagintaev, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, held negotiations with Kairat Sarybay, Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). In the course of the meeting, the issues of further dialogue between the EEC and CICA were discussed, in particular, the preparation of an action plan within the framework of implementing the Memorandum of Understanding. "We will include in the plan all promising areas of our joint actions taking into account mutual interests," Bakytzhan Sagintaev noted. Notably, the head of the EEC Board proposed to emphasize the promotion of joint initiatives in the region. Cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Commission and CICA is becoming increasingly relevant in the context of global economic processes. As a result of the meeting, the parties reached an agreement to maintain regular working contacts to develop cooperation. The Memorandum of Understanding between the EEC and the CICA Secretariat was signed in 2022.
26 Jun 2025 Bakytzhan Sagintaev: "Within the EAEU more than 60% of initiatives of business entities are accepted annually" Bakytzhan Sagintaev, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, took part in a meeting of the Advisory Board for Interaction between the EEC and the EAEU Business Council on June 26 in Minsk on the sidelines of the Eurasian Economic Forum. “In general, the Commission’s activities focus on creating conditions for the entrepreneurs from our countries to utilize the integration potential of the Eurasian Economic Union most efficiently. We are interested in further expansion of cooperation with the business community," Bakytzhan Sagintaev noted in his welcoming address to the event participants. The Head of the EEC Board stressed that within the EAEU a substantial legal framework has been created and long-term priorities in various economic sectors have been defined, which facilitates doing business. Moreover, the mechanisms of interaction with the business community, including the Advisory Board, established by the Commission jointly with the Union countries, help take their interests into account to the maximum extent possible. "The creation of the Advisory Board facilitated the transition to a new format of communication with entrepreneurs, which is the single window. Our dialogue now allows responding to requests from businesses quickly. In many respects due to this, more than 60% of initiatives of business entities are annually accepted and incorporated in regulation within the Union," Bakytzhan Sagintaev emphasized. The meeting discussed relevant matters of the Eurasian economic integration, including awareness raising with the business community about the EAEU industrial policy instruments and improving the protection of entrepreneurs' rights. The purpose of the Advisory Board is to ensure an effective dialogue between the Commission and the EAEU Business Council to determine the directions and prospects for developing entrepreneurship in the areas of EEC competence.
25 Jun 2025 27 Media Outlets Partner with Eurasian Economic Forum Media partners of the Eurasian Economic Forum are 27 news agencies, TV channels, newspapers and online media outlets from six countries. Media of the Republic of Armenia: Armenpress News Agency, ArmInfo news agency, Verelq news and analysis center, Alphanews.am news agency, 24 NEWS.AM news agency. Media of the Republic of Belarus: BelTA Belarusian Telegraph Agency, National State TV and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus, Republican Unitary Enterprise "Zvyazda Publishing House", RTR Belarus TV channel (VGTRK Office in the Republic of Belarus), Republican Unitary Enterprise "Second National TV Channel" (ONT), Republican Unitary Enterprise "Capital City Television" (STV), Minsk News Agency, Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belarus Today Publishing House", First National Channel of the Belarusian Radio. Media of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Kazinform news agency, Khabar TV channel, DKNews agency, Inbusiness.kz news agency, "Qazaqstan" Ұlttyқ telearnasyn (Kazakhstan national TV channel). Media of the Kyrgyz Republic: Kabar Kyrgyz national news agency, National Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic. Media of the Russian Federation: TASS news agency, RIA Novosti news agency. International media: Sputnik news agency and radio broadcast service, MIR international TV and radio company. Media of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).  
25 Jun 2025 Maxim Ermolovich Presented Competition Advocacy Commission's Work to Presidium of the EAEU Business Council The main instruments of competition advocacy actively used by the Eurasian Economic Commission within the Eurasian Economic Union, were discussed by Maxim Ermolovich, EEC Minister in charge of Competition and Antitrust Regulation, at the June 25 meeting of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council in Minsk. Maxim Ermolovich focused on the activities of the Public Reception Office of the Competition Unit, meetings in the 5+1 format, participation in forums, conferences, seminars, round tables and various methodology initiatives. Separately, the EEC Minister dwelled on the work in the information space and on the issues of international cooperation. Maxim Ermolovich made a number of proposals on the development of the EEC interaction with several business associations of Belarus in order to establish direct operational communication with Belarusian businesses and improve the efficiency of work. The meeting of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council opened the business program of the Eurasian Economic Forum. The meeting agenda items range from improving the business climate and removing obstacles in the domestic market to partnerships with third countries. The Presidium of the Business Council of the Eurasian Economic Union comprises the largest business associations of the EAEU countries. It discusses and coordinates Eurasian economic integration issues.
Natalia Petkevich and Gohar Barseghyan Discussed Development of Union Industry and Agriculture 25 Jun 2025 Natalia Petkevich and Gohar Barseghyan Discussed Development of Union Industry and Agriculture On June 25, a working meeting between Gohar Barseghyan, Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Natalia Petkevich, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, Chairperson of the EEC Council, was held in Minsk. The parties discussed a wide range of issues related to the development of industry and agriculture within the Eurasian Economic Union. Special attention was paid to the implementation of joint projects, strengthening of cooperation ties, technological development of industries and improvement of their competitiveness. The considered proposals included Belarusian participation in implementing the mechanism for financial support to the EAEU industrial projects, improvements to operations of technological platforms, as well as an initiative to create a unified program of development and import substitution in industry. Discussion also covered the tasks to implement the Eurasian Economic Path Declaration and preparations for the INNOPROM. BELARUS international industrial exhibition. Besides, development of the interstate program for creating strains of microorganisms for making food products and medicines was touched upon. At the end of the meeting, the parties agreed on the importance of continuing regular dialogue in all discussed areas.
25 Jun 2025 Valentin Tataritsky Held Working Meeting with Andrey Kuznetsov, Deputy Minister of Industry of Belarus Information exchange between the national operator of Belarus and the Administrator of the systems of electronic logbooks of vehicles, self-propelled machines and other types of equipment was discussed by Valentin Tataritsky, Minister in charge of Technical Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Andrey Kuznetsov, Deputy Minister of the Industry of the Republic of Belarus, at a working meeting in Minsk. The parties considered a number of discussion topics identified in the framework of interaction between the national operator of Belarus (CNIITU JSC) and the administrator of e-logbook systems (Electronic Logbook JSC). In particular, preparation and maintenance of unified directories and classifiers used within e-logbook systems were discussed. Special attention was paid to the exchange of information contained in documents on conformity assessment to the requirements of the Customs Union's technical regulation "On Safety of Wheeled Vehicles" (TR CU 018/2011) for the purposes of issuing electronic logbooks. The parties expressed satisfaction with the progress of constructive cooperation and defined its further steps. The meeting was attended by Ilya Minkin, Director General of Electronic Passport JSC, Andrey Kosovsky, Director General of CNIITU JSC, and Alexander Skuratov, Director of the Belarusian State Institute of Standardization and Certification. An interim agreement on the exchange of information from e-logbooks between the national operator of Belarus and the administrator was signed in November 2024.
Display more

Useful links of the EAEU