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15.07.2024

Sergei Glazyev: "Support for regional trade and economic cooperation is one of the priorities of the Eurasian development agenda until 2025"

Sergei Glazyev, Minister in charge of Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission, took part in the plenary session of the 11th Russian-Kyrgyz Interregional Conference in Krasnoyarsk.

The event is annually attended by heads of regions, entrepreneurs, representatives of development and business support institutions of the Eurasian Economic Union countries. This year's conference was held under the leadership of Akylbek Japarov, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers – Head of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Alexei Overchuk, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Sergei Glazyev noted that "developing interregional trade and economic cooperation is one of the important directions of the Strategy-2025. For its implementation, the Commission has held more than a dozen face-to-face events in various regions of the EAEU countries, webinars for representatives of the business community and regional authorities, and a special portal has been launched on the EEC website".

As part of the conference, the Commission organized a panel session "Interregional Cooperation in the EAEU Space" moderated by Sergei Glazyev and Kanybek Azhekbarov, Deputy Director of the EEC Macroeconomic Policy Department. The session presented an overview of measures and activities implemented by the Commission to intensify interregional interaction in the Union; and put forward proposals to improve the efficiency of interregional cooperation in finance, investment, foreign economic activities, transport and logistics.

Dmitry Volvach, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia, who took part in the EEC session, informed on the portal for interregional cooperation in the EAEU. According to him, the resource formed by the Commission enables any economic entity to publish information on goods and services, potential and existing investment projects, business events, regional preferences (exemptions) for investors, as well as on the Union's opportunities for business development, promotion of cooperation and trade and economic cooperation between regions on a free-of-charge basis.

The need to develop transport communication between the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the regions of Kyrgyzstan, including the establishment of direct flights between Krasnoyarsk and Tamchi (Issyk-Kul), which will help, in particular, to unlock the tourism potential of these regions, was noted.

The EEC delegation also participated in the business session "Cooperation opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses of the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic", during which it answered the questions of interest to the business community.

The 11th Russian-Kyrgyz Interregional Conference was organized by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic.