BISHKEK: The speaker of the Russian parliament’s upper house Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko said that the customs authorities of Kyrgyzstan are intending to join the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union on January 1, 2015.
Valentina Matviyenko met with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev and Prime Minister Dzhoomart Otorbayev.
She said that Kyrgyzstan want to join the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union from January 1, 2015.
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Dzhoomart Otorbayev said Kyrgyzstan is doing everything to become a member of the Eurasian Economic Union this year.
“Russia remains the main economic partner for us in Eurasian integration processes,” Otorbayev said, adding that one of important areas of cooperation with Russia was energy.
Kyrgyzstan also plans to supply more agricultural products to Russia. “Our producers would like to supply their products to the Russian market,” the premier said.
The Treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union was signed by the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on May 29, 2014 in Astana.
The agreement is the basic document defining the accords between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan for creating the Eurasian Economic Union for the free movement of goods, services, capital and workforce and conducting coordinated policies in key sectors of the economy, such as energy, industry, agriculture and transport.
