Armine Hakobyan, Deputy Director of the EEC Department for Competition and Public Procurement Policy, told about some outcomes of cooperation and prospects for interaction between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at the special session of the 35th meeting of the ASEAN Experts Group on Competition.

"Holding EEC–ASEAN special sessions on competition has become a good tradition. It enables us to engage in a consistent dialogue and develop practical cooperation," Armine Hakobyan pointed out.

The session discussed the results of seminar dedicated to competition policy and law enforcement in the Eurasian Economic Union and the ASEAN countries held by the Commission in July this year. The participants indicated the main areas of activity by the EEC and ASEAN that were of special interest following the seminar. In particular, they cover successful formats of interaction between ASEAN national competition authorities, methodology for assessing their activities and a range of law enforcement peculiarities.

ASEAN took an interest in the results of meetings of regional competition organizations annually held by the Commission, as well as the experience of shaping the EEC jurisdiction in this field.

"Despite different integration levels in the EAEU and ASEAN, and dissimilarities in the EEC and ASEAN competition jurisdiction, our two integration associations have the same goal, namely to enable fair competition," Armine Hakobyan stressed. "To achieve this goal, we are ready to explore best practices of each other and introduce them into our work."

The meeting participants endorsed the Commission's proposal to continue discussions at seminars and consultations, as well as through taking part in the dialogue of regional integration organizations on competition.