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The chairman of the collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan Sagintayev in the SCO Plus fields in the Tianjin (Chinese Peoples Republic) held a working meeting with the General Secretary of the Association of the States of Southeast Asia (ASEAN) KAO Kim Khorn.
Opening the meeting, Bakytzhan Sagintayev noted that for countries the Eurasian Economic Union, interaction with ASEAN is a strategic direction.
At the end of 2024, the trade turnover of the EAEU states and the ASEAN countries increased by 21.8% compared to 2018 and reached 27.2 billion, which demonstrates the practical efficiency of cooperation, the head of the EEC collegium emphasized.
The parties discussed the draft cooperation program of the EEC and ASEAN for 2026-2030. It is planned to expand industry interaction. Particular attention will be paid to dialogue for sustainable development, digitalization, innovation and technological progress.
Among the initiatives for the medium -term perspective, the possibility of providing the EAEU status of the ASEAN dialogue partner is considered.
The EAEU sees the prospect of switching to a qualitatively new level of partnership with ASEAN. In this regard, we propose to give our relations a new status within the framework of the current ASEAN mechanisms. This goal received unanimous support of all countries of the Eurasian five and is fixed in our key strategic documents, said Bakytzhan Sagintayev.
According to the results of the meeting, it was noted that further conjunction of the efforts of the EAEU and ASEAN will become an important factor in strengthening mutual trust and economic growth of the states of associations.
The memorandum of understanding between the EEC and ASEAN was signed in 2018. Bilateral cooperation with ASEAN countries is developing. Memorandums were made about cooperation with Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar. An agreement was signed on the free trade zone with Vietnam. Work is underway to formalize cooperation with Laos, Philippines and Malaysia. Until the end of 2025, it is planned to sign an agreement on free trade with Indonesia.
