Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 21
By Elena Kosolapova - Trend:
Kazakh and Belarusian Prime Ministers Karim Massimov and Mikhail Myasnikovich discussed cooperation within the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union within the meeting in Ashgabat, the press-service of Kazakh prime- minister reported.
Both prime ministers arrived in Turkmenistan on working visits to attend the meeting Council of Heads of Governments of the CIS states.
Massimov and Myasnikovich also discussed bilateral trade and economy cooperation.
They highly appreciated the level of the Kazakh-Belarusian cooperation and called for further deepening of relations in all the areas.
The Eurasian Economic Union, also known as the Eurasian Union, is an economic union which is planned to be established by a treaty signed in May 2014 between the leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia. The Union will officially go into effect on 1 January 2015.
Edited by S.I.
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