EAEU prime ministers to meet in Almaty on 2-3 February

MOSCOW, 26 January (BelTA) - The meeting of the prime ministers of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 2-3 February, official representative of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Iya Malkina said at a briefing in Moscow on 25 January following a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission Council with the participation of Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko, BelTA has learned.

“The agenda of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting to be held in Almaty on 2-3 February 2-3 in Almaty has been approved. Draft documents, which will be presented to the heads of government, have been considered by the EEC Council today. The agenda includes the macroeconomic situation in the EAEU member states and proposals to ensure sustainable economic development; rules of access to interstate electricity transmission services within the common market; progress made in the implementation of the joint Eurasian AgroExpress project; amendments to the regulations on the development, financing and implementation of interstate programs and projects in the industrial sector and other issues,” Iya Malkina said.

In Almaty the EAEU heads of government are also expected to take part in the plenary session of the DigitalAlmaty forum “Digital Partnership in a New Reality”. Other events are planned on the sidelines of the Intergovernmental Council. An onsite meeting of the Advisory Committee on Public Procurement under the EEC Collegium will be held on 1 February. Plans are in place to discuss issues of equal access to public procurement manufacturers and suppliers of the five countries, mutual recognition of bank guarantees and others.