The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian – YSIA (subscription)

The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian – YSIA (subscription)

In the work of the Council was attended by the Armenian delegation headed by the Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan , the Belarusian delegation – led by Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov , Kazakhstan delegation headed by the Prime Minister Karim Massimov , Kyrgyz delegation headed by the Prime Minister Joomart Otorbaev. Russian side was represented by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev , First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and the head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia Andrew Belianinov . In addition, in the extended meeting of the Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian attended by Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Viktor Khristenko and members of the Board of Tatiana Gross, Sergei Sidorsky and Andrew Slepnyov .

«In this format, we will take the bulk of the decisions that will regulate economic activity and cooperation within the Union» , – said Dmitry Medvedev , opening the work of the Council. He noted that the Union will start in difficult conditions: «Not having to recover from the global crisis of 2008, we now experience new challenges. By having in our economy structural problems added a sharp drop in oil prices, unprecedented external pressure. Of course, this could not affect and the Russian Federation, and our партнёров».

Он said that at the national level, Russia is taking the necessary measures to ensure macroeconomic and social stability, as “anti-crisis work is important in tight co-operation that exists between the Russian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Armenian companies and enterprises.” He spoke on the work of the Russian Federation on the recapitalization of banks to increase the volume of state guarantees for loans to the real sector, to create conditions for work in individual sectors, including agriculture and innovation.

Дмитрий Medvedev said that regardless of the situation Russia remains a country open to all its partners, and intends to fulfill its international obligations. «This year we will have a lot of work: prepare and adopt new customs code, the agreement on the procedure for concluding international agreements in the Eurasian Union, the concept of a common market for electricity, gas, oil, oil products – in general, more than one hundred documents » , – shared plans Медведев.

Премьер-министр Russia outlined the six issues on the agenda of the Council, including approaches to the development of trade and economic cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union with major partners. He stressed that all signs agreements were applied and mutually beneficial and helped to strengthen, build trade ties, creating additional business opportunities.

The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian were signed, in particular, orders “the draft Protocol under the Treaty of Accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014, signed on 23 December 2014″, “On securing funding a pilot project for the introduction of labeling on the territory of the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union “,” On the development of the concept of the Eurasian Center for engineering станкостроению».

Напоминаем, Republic of Belarus was the first to take responsibility chairs the integration associations. The participants of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council agreed that they would meet at least once a quarter, that is, four times a year, and if necessary – and more.

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