On May 28-29, the 5th Eurasian Economic Forum (EEF 2026) was held in Astana at the Congress Center within the EXPO business complex. It was timed to coincide with the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, with the participation of the Heads of Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union and observer states.
The event took place as part of the Republic of Kazakhstan's chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union in 2026.
About 3,000 people from 44 countries took part in the Forum.
The architecture of the EEF 2026 included approximately 30 events, grouped into four thematic blocks: “Transformation of the EAEU Market Development,” “Eurasian Connectivity,” “EAEU+,” and “Events on the Sidelines of the Forum.”
Plenary Session
The key event of the 5th Eurasian Economic Forum was the plenary session "The EAEU in the Global Digital Race: Betting on Artificial Intelligence."
The keynote speakers of the event were the Heads of State of the Eurasian Economic Union: Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus; Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Sadyr Zhaparov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic; Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation; as well as Mher Grigoryan, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Board.
The plenary session was attended by distinguished guests: Salvador Valdes Mesa, Vice President of the Republic of Cuba; Ho Quoc Dung, Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Nyamtaishiryn Nomtoibayar, Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia; Mohammad Atabak, Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates.
Agreements and Memoranda
Fifteen agreements, memoranda, cooperation programs, and treaties were signed. These include the Joint Action Plan of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Government of the Republic of Cuba for 2026–2030; Action Plan for 2026–2030 for the implementation of the Memorandum on Deepening Cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States dated November 27, 2018; Memorandum of Understanding between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the United Nations; the Agreement on Cooperation and Information Exchange between VEB.RF and the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs; Protocol on the extension of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Islamic Organization for Food Security dated July 22, 2021; Agreement between the Center for the Development of Advanced Technologies LLC and the Belarusian State Institute of Standardization and Certification Scientific and Industrial Republican Unitary Enterprise; Memorandum of Cooperation between the Alatex Inter-Industry Association and the National Association of Manufacturers of Building Materials and the Construction Industry; Memorandum of Cooperation and Interaction between TransExpeditions LLP and RTL LLC; Cooperation Program of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in the Field of Artificial Intelligence for 2026-2027; Cooperation Program of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Joint-Stock Company National Information Technologies for 2026; Agreement on the implementation of joint projects between the Doctrine Science and Culture Development Foundation and Kazbaza LLP; Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation between Kazbaza LLP and Yuzhmash LLC; Sale and Purchase Agreement between Kazbaza LLP and Yuzhmash LLC; Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation between the partnership and B.T.B. Trade LLP and Yuzhmash LLC; Purchase and Sale Agreement between Yuzhmash LLC and B.T.B Trade LLP.
Media partners
Over 300 reporters from 14 countries took part in the 5th Eurasian Economic Forum.
24 media outlets from five countries became information partners of the Eurasian Economic Forum.
Mass media of the Republic of Armenia: Armenpress News Agency, Alphanews.am News Agency, Verelq Information and Analytical Center, ArmInfo News Company, 24 NEWS.AM News Agency.
Mass media of the Republic of Belarus: BelTA News Agency, National State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of the Republic of Belarus.
Media of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Jibek Joly TV channel, Khabar TV channel, Qazaqstan Ulttyk TV Arnasy (National TV channel Kazakhstan), Kazinform news agency, Inbusiness.kz news agency, Business Kazakhstan news agency, Atameken Business TV channel, Capital business information center, Kazakh Radiolary (Kazakh radio).
Mass media of the Kyrgyz Republic: National Broadcasting Corporation of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyz National Information Agency "Kabar", information publishing house Kyrgyz Tuusu, TV channel "Nomad TV".
Mass media of the Russian Federation: TASS news agency, Sputnik news agency and radio (Kazakhstan), Eurasia Today information and analytical portal.
International media: International television and radio company "MIR".
