MINSK, 21 May (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is taking part in a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council held as a video conference on 21 May, BelTA has learned.
Attending the event are the presidents of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia), Honorary Chairman of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, and the presidents of Cuba and Uzbekistan, the observer states at the EAEU.
The agenda includes 15 issues. The heads of state of the Eurasian Economic Union will be briefed on the work done to agree on approaches to pricing and tariff setting in the EAEU common gas market, and the issue related to setting the tariff for gas transportation from third countries. High on the agenda will also be cooperation between the EAEU member states in the production of medicines and pharmaceutical substances for medical use.
The heads of state are expected to consider reports on the work done in 2020 to remove barriers on the EAEU internal market, the results of monitoring over the implementation of the provisions stipulated by the rules of regulation of trade in services, institutions and activities in 2019-2020, the implementation of the main areas of international activities of the EAEU in 2020, and other issues.
The members of the Supreme Council are also set to consider the main guidelines of macroeconomic policy of the member states for 2021-2022, measures aimed at the unification of the EAEU states' legislation in the area of testing varieties and seed production of agricultural plants, changes in the liberalization plan for the property assessment services sector, the agreement to carry out joint control activities on the issues of compliance with the procedure of distribution of import customs duties and their transfer to the budgets of the EAEU member states.
