Happy EAEU Day!

29.05.2023

Happy EAEU Day!

On May 29, the EAEU Member States celebrate the Eurasian Economic Union's Day for the first time. The Treaty on the EAEU was signed this day in 2014 in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

“Over the 9 years of its existence, the Eurasian Economic Union has become a key platform for cooperation and interaction between the Greater Eurasia States. We are ready to adopt important strategic decisions. Today, our association has ambitious objectives, including to promote investment development in the EAEU countries, to create a settlement system that is superior to SWIFT, and to develop an autonomous digital currency environment. I am confident that in the coming years the EAEU countries will be able to maintain and even increase the high rates of functioning of the association on the basis of respect for the economic interests of both the Union countries and the States of the entire Eurasian space”, emphasized Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

The initiative on the Day of the Eurasian Economic Union was put forward by Sadyr Japarov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, in 2022. It was unanimously supported by the Heads of four other countries of the Eurasian "five" — Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia. As the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council's disposition highlights, establishing such a day will help strengthen solidarity and deepen cooperation between the Union States. According to Sadyr Japarov's proposal, the EAEU Day will be celebrated annually.

In 2023, Russia holds the presidency of the Eurasian Economic Union. Speaking at an enlarged meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on December 9, 2022 in Bishkek, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, called updating the strategic guidelines for the EAEU development as one of the priorities of Russia's presidency in this association. Besides, Vladimir Putin noted the importance of preparing new strategic planning documents that set the main vectors for further integration cooperation in the medium and long term.

Mikhail Myasnikovich congratulated the Heads of State of the Eurasian Economic Union on the EAEU Day: Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and Member of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council; Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus and Member of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council; Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Member of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council; Sadyr Japarov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic and Member of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council; and Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council;

Heads of Government of the Eurasian Economic Union States: Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and Member of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council; Roman Golovchenko, Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus and Member of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council; Alikhan Smailov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Member of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council; Akylbek Japarov, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic – Head of the Administration of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and Member of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council; and Mikhail Mishustin, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council;

Deputy Prime Ministers of the Eurasian Economic Union States: Mher Grigoryan, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and Member of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission; Igor Petrishenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus and Member of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission; Serik Zhumangarin, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Member of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission; Adylbek Kasymaliev, First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic and Member of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission; Alexei Overchuk, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission.