The question about the possibility of providing a loan to Belarus from the funds of the EEU is not solved yet, said the Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko intend to continue negotiations on this issue.
MOSCOW, 18 Dec. The presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko discussed the other day the question about the possibility of granting credit to Minsk from the funds of the EEU, but any decisions yet, said the Russian leader’s aide Yuri Ushakov.
“With Lukashenko discussed and the discussion will continue,” Ushakov said at a briefing in Moscow.
At the same time, he noted that the bilateral meeting between the two leaders at the summit of the EAEC in Monday is not planned. Not likely, the Russian side and to raise the issue.
“We have priority issues it does not appear, but if someone picked up during the informal discussion, then, of course, this theme will be affected,” said Ushakov.
How created the EEU
The Eurasian economic Union (EEU) and economic Union within the Eurasian integration 1 January 2015 is created on the basis of the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Cooperation in the field of interstate integration in the economic sphere in the post-Soviet space is carried out from late 1990-ies. 26 February 1999 Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan signed the agreement on the Customs Union and the common economic space. Read more in help >>
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