The agenda is focused on current issues related to deepening Eurasian integration, including enhancing cooperation in customs regulation and administration, developing e-commerce, ensuring food security, digitalising rail freight transportation, and establishing a common financial market.
Joint photo of the heads of delegations participating in the expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council
Expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council
Expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council
Expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council
Expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council
Expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council
Mikhail Mishustin at the expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council. With Alexei Overchuk
Joint photo of the heads of delegations participating in the expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council
Heads of delegations participating in the expanded meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council:
Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan;
Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Turchin;
Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council Olzhas Bektenov;
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic – Head of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic Adylbek Kasymaliev;
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin;
Minister of Industry, Mines, and Trade of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyyed Mohammad Atabak;
Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov;
Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan Sagintayev;
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the Russian Federation Enrique Orta González.
Mikhail Mishustin’s remarks:
Colleagues, meeting participants, good afternoon.
I would like to join you in thanking our esteemed Kyrgyz colleagues, Adylbek Kasymaliev, and President Sadyr Japarov for the excellent organisation of today’s meeting.
As President of Russia Vladimir Putin said at the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Astana in May, “close-knit Eurasian integration has managed to offer tangible benefits to all participating countries, helping businesses generate higher revenue, while also improving the quality of life and wellbeing for the people of our countries.”
Despite global challenges, we are observing positive macroeconomic trends. From January through May, real GDP expanded, as did industrial output, agricultural production, and retail trade. Mutual trade also continues to grow.
Colleagues, together we continue working to strengthen Eurasian integration and implement the objectives set by our presidents.
This year, Kazakhstan is chairing the Union’s governing bodies. At the Eurasian Economic Forum held in Astana in late May, we adopted an important Joint Statement on the Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence. This document sets out key principles for cooperation in this strategically important field, including the implementation of joint digital projects among our five countries.
Other areas likewise require close attention. We discussed them yesterday; above all, further strengthening industrial cooperation remains a priority. We also examined this issue in detail at the Innoprom International Industrial Exhibition held just a month ago in Yekaterinburg. Once again, I would like to thank all of you, distinguished prime ministers, for taking part in that event.
We agreed on the importance of pooling our industrial capacities, raw material resources, and human capital in order to fully unlock the industrial potential of our five countries. As President Sadyr Japarov noted today, we should pay greater attention to the localisation of industrial facilities. We need to work together to implement cooperative manufacturing projects across our member states, including in Kyrgyzstan. I propose that we continue this discussion in greater detail at the Innoprom exhibition in Belarus, where we will also convene for the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council on 1–2 October.
Of course, we should also make more active use of the supranational mechanism to support industrial cooperation, leverage our existing research infrastructure, and promote the exchange of advanced technologies and best practices to accelerate the development of innovative products.
These objectives can and should be pursued within the framework of the Union's long-term Strategic Programme for Scientific and Technological Development, approved last year. I propose instructing the Eurasian Economic Commission to prepare a practical implementation roadmap. This will help us move more quickly towards fulfilling the agreements we have reached.
It is equally important to continue strengthening food security. The Eurasian Economic Union fully meets its domestic demand for grain, pork, poultry, milk, sugar, vegetable oils, and eggs.
More to be posted soon…
