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Sergei Glazyev, Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission, announced this at the opening ceremony of the conference “Russia and ASEAN in the Asia-Pacific Region: dynamics of interaction, regional processes and global context.”
Sergei Glazyev noted that the countries of the EAEU and ASEAN are characterized by economic connectivity and mutual complementarity, which are a good foundation for the development of trade and economic cooperation in the long term. At the same time, the scale of investment interaction and trade between the EAEU and ASEAN is not yet optimal. It is necessary to improve the partnership infrastructure and increase production, scientific and technical cooperation. The EEC is already making such efforts. Over the five years that have passed since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the EEC and ASEAN in the field of economic cooperation, close contacts have been established with the ASEAN Secretariat, large joint events are organized on a regular basis, the purpose of which is not only the exchange of integration experience, but also the establishment of direct channels interaction between business communities.
“For our part, we are ready to create the most favorable conditions for increasing trade, eliminating barriers, expanding preferential trade regimes,” said Sergei Glazyev, mentioning in this context the ongoing negotiations on concluding a free trade agreement between the EAEU and Indonesia.
The opening ceremony of the conference was also attended by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrei Rudenko, Chairman of the Russia-ASEAN Business Council Ivan Polyakov, Head of the Economic Department of the Center for Strategic and International Studies of Indonesia Fajar Hirawan, Director of the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Laos Mai Sainyavong, Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Andrey Baykov, Director of the ASEAN Center at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Ekaterina Koldunova and other experts from the EAEU and ASEAN countries.
