President of Belarus and Prime Minister of Armenia noted overestimated  level of prices for natural gas

ArmInfo.A telephone conversation between the President of Belarus and the Prime Minister of Armenia took place on March 31 at the initiative of the Armenian  side.  BelTA  by the reference of the press service of Belarusian  Leader reports..  According to the source, Alexander Lukashenko and  Nikol Pashinyan discussed the functioning of the economy in the  current difficult conditions, noting the existing serious problems  and difficulties.

The parties exchanged views on hydrocarbon prices, which Belarus and  Armenia import from Russia.  Alexander Lukashenko and Nikol Pashinyan  noted an overestimated level of prices for natural gas, noting that  it obviously does not correspond to the world level and the current  situation as a whole.  A separate topic of discussion was the  functioning of health systems and counteracting the spread of  seasonal acute viral infections.  

Also, in connection with the current state of affairs, the President  of Belarus and the Prime Minister of Armenia discussed the  possibility of a meeting of the heads of the EAEU states to discuss  the emerging economic challenges. 

The initiative to hold such a meeting was made by Alexander  Lukashenko as the leader of the country presiding in the Eurasian  Economic Union. The Belarusian leader emphasized the presence of  urgent issues requiring detailed discussion at the highest level.  In  development of the conversation, the Belarusian leader instructed the  chairman of the EEC Board, Mikhail Myasnikovich, to work out this  issue from each side and bring to them the positions discussed. If  the heads of state agree, Belarus will propose that the meeting be  held in an extremely narrow composition, guaranteeing complete  security to each member of the arriving delegations.  An alternative  option for holding this discussion, according to the Belarusian side,  could be a video conference with the participation of leaders of the  Eurasian Economic Union.