Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting kicks off in Kazakh capital

The Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting began in Astana, Kazakhstan, with leaders from Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia in attendance. Kazakhstan, which assumed the EAEU chairmanship this year, is prioritizing artificial intelligence development, logistics potential, and digitalization of industrial and agro-industrial sectors. The meeting follows Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Kazakhstan and bilateral talks with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting kicks off in Kazakh capital The meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council with the participation of the Heads of State of the EAEU member states started its work in Astana, Qazinform News Agency https://qazinform.com/news/ reports citing the Akorda press service. President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan arrived at the Palace of Independence. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kazakhstan, greeted the high guests. This year, Kazakhstan has assumed the chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union bodies, including the Eurasian Economic Commission Council, Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and Supreme Eurasian Economic Council. Kazakhstan’s chairmanship prioritizes development of AI as a new instrument for the development of economic integration, use of the Eurasian Economic Union’s logistics potential, industrial and agro-industrial complex digitalization, and boosting economic cooperation with third countries. Earlier, the V Eurasian Economic Forum was held https://qazinform.com/news/5th-eurasian-economic-forum-kicks-off-in-astana-be0ee6 in Astana. As written before, on May 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived https://qazinform.com/news/putin-arrives-in-kazakhstan-for-state-visit-b383b4 in Astana for a state visit at the invitation of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. On May 28, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President Vladimir Putin held talks https://qazinform.com/news/presidents-of-kazakhstan-and-russia-hold-talks-in-restricted-attendance-beec50 in a restricted attendance in Astana. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed holding the next Kazakhstan–Russia Interregional Cooperation Forum on August 20 in Omsk. During the expanded talks, President Tokayev noted that bilateral trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Russia is expected to exceed 30 billion US dollars, and highlighted https://qazinform.com/news/kazakhstan-and-russia-develop-over-170-joint-projects-worth-usd-53-bln-ab41de the implementation of over 170 joint projects worth 53 billion US dollars.