During his visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Maksim Yermalovich, Minister in charge of Competition and Antitrust Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission, held a working meeting with Nabikhon Samatov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of the Uzbek Commodity Exchange.

During the meeting Maksim Yermalovich told about the work being done by the EEC together with the Member States to create a common exchange market within the Eurasian Economic Union by 2030. The two sides discussed interaction and sharing best practices in exchange trade within the EAEU.

The meeting resulted in reaching an agreement on Uzbek representatives taking part in the Exchange Committee to be comprised of representatives of the EAEU Member States and observers from the Islamic Republic of Iran.

"The invitation of Uzbek Commodity Exchange representatives as observers and utilizing their experience of the exchange model functioning will give an impetus to the primary stage of establishing the principles of the EAEU common exchange market," Maksim Yermalovich stressed.