The meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, a key governing body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), has kicked off in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

Armenia, an EAEU member, is represented at the event by Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan.

The Prime Ministers of the other EAEU member states – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan – are in attendance.

Representatives from Cuba, Iran, and Uzbekistan are participating as observers, while Tajikistan’s Prime Minister has been invited as a guest.

Host Kazakhstan is currently holding the rotating chairmanship of the EAEU governing bodies.

The agenda of the meeting includes issues related to deepening integration cooperation among the EAEU member states, with a focus on strengthening intra-union collaboration in key sectors, improving customs administration, promoting industrial cooperation, developing an integrated information system, protecting consumers, and monitoring the macroeconomic situation of the five member countries, according to Russia’s TASS news agency. 

It is noted that the participants will particularly focus on cooperation in the industrial sector.