ArmInfo.Economic indicators in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union are growing, but in order to form common markets, including in the energy sector, qualitative changes in the nature of trade are needed. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan announced this on June 4 at a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in the Belarusian city of Nesvizh in the Minsk region of Belarus.
According to him, the most important factor in the development of the EAEU is the issue of creating common energy markets. "We hope for a constructive approach on the part of the partners, which will allow us to level out a number of existing differences and record progress within the framework of practical steps to implement the key principles laid down in the concept of integration in the Eurasian space," the Deputy Prime Minister said.
Grigoryan added that the EAEU approached the end of its first decade with significantly positive economic indicators, "however, achieving the main goal - the formation of a common market - depends not so much on the volume indicators of mutual trade of the member states, but on its qualitative characteristics."
Among other pressing tasks of the EAEU, the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia highlighted the development of transport corridors, financial mechanisms to support projects within the framework of the association, as well as improving ways to ensure food security.
"We consider it necessary to develop comprehensive approaches to this issue in order to increase the efficiency of using available resources, uninterruptedly ensure the availability of food and eliminate barriers, including transport and logistics," said the RA Deputy Prime Minister.
The next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will take place at the end of September - beginning of October in Yerevan.
The Eurasian Economic Union, the agreement on the establishment of which was signed in Astana on May 29, 2014, is an international organization for regional economic integration, whose activities are aimed at comprehensive modernization, cooperation and increasing the competitiveness of national economies and creating conditions for stable development in the interests of increasing the living standards of the population of states. -members. The EAEU includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia.
