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23 Apr 2025 EEC Held Seminar on Developing Industrial and Agricultural Cooperation with Iran On April 23, the Eurasian Economic Commission hosted a seminar co-chaired by Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade, and Gohar Barseghyan, EEC Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture, and dedicated to the prospects of cooperation with Iran in the field of industry and agriculture, including business participation in special economic zones in the EAEU and Iran. The event was organized in anticipation of the entry into force of the full-scale Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and the Islamic Republic of Iran. "Such seminars represent an effective platform where there is a possibility to discuss both problematic issues and those areas that could become a new point of growth in the development of our trade and economic relations," said Andrey Slepnev. He emphasized that once the Agreement comes into force on May 15 this year, companies from the EAEU countries will have unique conditions of access to the Iranian market and expressed hope that the parties will take full advantage of the emerging prospects, including in terms of establishing industrial cooperation. The agreement, in particular, provides for the creation of a number of dialogue instruments through which the business circles of the EAEU and Iran will be able to discuss various cooperation areas of mutual interest. "Within sectoral cooperation, we see significant potential in the interaction of industrial and agricultural enterprises, the development of scientific research, technology and innovation, and the expansion of cooperative ties. The EAEU states have great economic potential, while the availability of resources and joint actions open up possibilities to boost the mutual trade turnover of the Member States with Iran, increase the volume of competitive industrial output and develop exports of high-tech products," Gohar Barseghyan noted. The most promising areas of interaction with Iranian partners in the field of industry and agriculture are planned to be included in the draft Joint Action Plan (Road Map) on trade and economic cooperation between the EAEU, its Member States and Iran, which is aimed at implementing the provisions of the Agreement. The seminar was attended by representatives of government agencies, business associations and companies of the EAEU countries representing various industries and branches of agriculture and interested in developing cooperation with Iranian partners and entering the Iranian market.
18 Apr 2025 Saule Moldabaeva appointed Deputy Director of EEC Agricultural Policy Department Saule Moldabaeva was born on March 19, 1982 in the town of Rudny, Kostanay Region, Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2003, she graduated from O.A. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University; in 2007, from Kazpotrebsoyuz Karaganda Economic University with a degree in Accounting and Audit. In 2004, she was a specialist at the Department of Documentation Support, Control and Human Resource Management of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs. From November 2004 to 2024, she worked in the Strategic Planning and Analysis Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, rising from a leading specialist to the Director of this Department. Since July 2024, she was Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Investment Attraction and Department of Strategic Planning and Analysis of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. She is a holder of state awards: Medal for Distinguished Labor, Certificate of Honor of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, For Excellence in Agriculture badge, certificates of honor and letters of thanks from the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan and a number of jubilee medals. Since April 14, 2025, she was appointed Deputy Director of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Agricultural Policy Department.
18 Apr 2025 Laura Sadykova appointed Deputy Director of EEC Industrial Policy Department Laura Sadykova was born in 1971 in Karaganda Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1992, she graduated from the K.A. Timiryazev Moscow Agricultural Academy with a livestock engineer degree; in 1996, from a full-time postgraduate program at the Kazakh Research and Technological Institute of Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production; in 2007, from Bolashaq Karaganda University of Relevant Education as a Bachelor of Finance. In 2017, she did a research internship at Michigan State University (USA), specializing in economics and economic management. She began her career in 1996 as a researcher at a research organization. In 2001, she went into the civil service in the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From 2002 to 2008, she worked in the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Departments of Science, Strategy of Agro-Industrial Complex Development, Processing Industry and WTO at positions ranging from Section Head to Deputy Director of the Department. 2009 to 2011: Deputy Chair of the Board of KazAgroInnovation Joint Stock Company of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 2011 to 2014: Deputy Chair of the Board — Vice-Rector of the Kazakh Agrotechnical University of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 2015, she continued her career in senior management positions in the Ministries of Investment and Development, Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Departments of Technological and Innovative Development, Digital Transformation, and Project Management. 2021 to 2025: Director of the Industrial Policy Department of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development and the Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan. She has a PhD in agricultural sciences. Laura Sadykova is an author of more than twenty scientific articles, co-author of a monograph and two selection achievements. She is a holder of state and departmental awards of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Since April 14, 2025, she was appointed Deputy Director of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Industrial Policy Department.
17 Apr 2025 Commission urges oil and gas mechanical engineers to use mechanism for financing industrial cooperation projects The Eurasian Economic Commission and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs held a joint round table "On Developing Cooperation in the Production of Oil and Gas Equipment in the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union" on the sidelines of the Eurasian Oil and Gas Forum. The discussion covered relevant industry matters, including the elimination of barriers to cooperation between EAEU enterprises. Vitaly Vovk, Deputy Director of the EEC Industrial Policy Department, noted that in accordance with the Main Directions of Industrial Cooperation within the EAEU until 2030, oil and gas machine building is one of the priority sectors of cooperation between the Union countries. In view of the successful launch of the new instrument for financing industrial cooperation projects, the Commission's representative proposed that businesses should intensify building cooperation ties between three or more enterprises of the Member States. "The Commission has developed a draft recommendation to the EEC Board, which directs the Union countries to take into account the possibilities of using the new mechanism for financing industrial cooperation in implementing projects in the field of oil and gas equipment production," summarized Vitaly Vovk.
11 Apr 2025 EEC intensifies use of financial support mechanism in railway mechanical engineering A delegation of the Eurasian Economic Commission headed by Goar Barseghyan, Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture, visited Tver Region to look into the operations at the production sites of the Key Systems and Components Group of Companies (KSC GC). This holding is one of the largest Russian manufacturers of systems and components for rail rolling stock. During the visit to the KSC GC industrial technopark and the holding's enterprises, the parties discussed the use of the financial support mechanism for industrial cooperation within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union for the implementation of the Moscow – St. Petersburg high-speed railroad project. "We expect that the financial support mechanism will be successfully used by the holding for modernization and expanding its production capacity, as well as to create new cooperation chains with enterprises of the EAEU countries. We can create new cooperation chains, which will strengthen the positions not only of KSC, but also of the whole Eurasian industry," Goar Barseghyan pointed out. KSC GC unites more than 20 enterprises in ten regions of the Russian Federation, employing over 16,000 people. The KSC clients are more than 200 companies in Russia and Europe.
10 Apr 2025 Naira Karapetyan, "The EEC plans to approve a list of additional measures for the sugar market of the EAEU countries to develop sustainably" The agricultural sector is one of the strategic industries for all countries of the Eurasian Economic Union and over the past five years it has demonstrated an output growth of almost 15%. This was stated by Naira Karapetyan, Director of the Agricultural Policy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission, at the international conference "CIS Sugar Market 2025. New Challenges" on April 10 in Moscow. At the same time, according to the EEC representative, the Union imports significant amounts of production factors for high-tech industries. To mitigate this situation, the Commission, within its agreed agricultural policy, makes recommendations based on comprehensive reviews of the development of markets for sensitive agricultural goods to identify possible joint measures. "The Commission plans to approve the list of additional measures for the sugar market of the Union states to develop sustainably, which envisages exploring innovations and technological solutions in the field of advanced refining of sugar and its by-products, as well as other measures," Naira Karapetyan informed the conference participants. The annual conference is traditionally attended by sugar producers from the CIS countries, relevant government agencies, trading companies and industrial consumers of sugar, manufacturers of fertilizers and agricultural machinery, crop protection products, sugar beet seed suppliers, representatives of the banking and financial sector, as well as logistics companies.
08 Apr 2025 EAEU identified industries with greatest cooperation and export potential On April 8, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission approved the report "On the Results of Analyzing Promising Markets and Industries for Joint Exports of Non-Resource, Including High-Tech, Products of the Eurasian Economic Union Member States". The report identifies the industries, including high-tech ones, that have the greatest cooperation and export potential. In particular, these are the chemical, metallurgical, pharmaceutical, electro-optical, automotive and aircraft industries. The recommendations set out in the document are aimed at ensuring the growth of priority industries, the promotion of innovation activity, the joint development of knowledge-intensive industries, as well as exploring new types of competitive export-oriented products. "The Union countries have significant scientific and industrial potential for the development of key industries," emphasized Goar Barseghyan, EEC Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture. "At the same time, import substitution in high-tech industries, such as machine building, electronics and chemicals, remains a priority in the cooperation between the Member States."
07 Apr 2025 Nikolay Kushnarev: "We are interested in expanding industrial cooperation with Mexico" Nikolay Kushnarev, Director of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Industrial Policy Department, proposed to consider the possibility of concluding a memorandum on industrial cooperation with Mexico at the Russia – Mexico Business Forum. "We are interested in building a substantive architecture of cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union and Mexico in order to implement joint initiatives and mutually beneficial industrial projects," Nikolay Kushnarev mentioned. The experience of Mexico and other Latin American countries in using the mechanism of special economic areas and industrial clusters is of interest to the EEC and the Union countries. There is a certain potential for cooperation between the EAEU and Mexico to create new value chains and transfer technology. "We have a solid foundation for developing joint initiatives in the form of memoranda with the Latin American Economic System and the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration. Moreover, we propose to consider the possibility of concluding a separate memorandum with Mexico, so as to reflect the relevant areas of our possible cooperation," said the Head of the EEC Department. Nikolay Kushnarev expressed his hope for further fostering of dialogue with Mexican government agencies and businesses and invited his colleagues to participate in the Eurasian Economic Forum in June this year in Minsk. Exports of cooperative (intermediate) industrial products from the EAEU to Mexico mainly come from the metallurgical and chemical industries (61.6% and 34.6% of total exports of cooperative products in 2024, respectively). Imports from Mexico to the EAEU are chemical industry products, machinery and equipment (not included in other groupings) and other industrial goods, which together account for about 64% of total imports of cooperative products. 
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