ArmInfo. The leaders of the EAEU countries mainly approved the strategic directions for the development of integration until 2025, but the document has not been finally adopted. The document will be finalized taking into account a number of proposals of the parties.
Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Mikhail Myasnikovich, noted that during the discussion and preparation of the document at various levels there was a very wide range of opinions. They discussed not only those issues that are in the strategy, but also a number of others. "All the issues that we managed to agree are the result of a compromise" , he said, BelTA reports.
The only unresolved issue was the pricing of gas transportation services on the EAEU common market.
This issue was also focused on during speeches at the summit of the leaders of the countries of the integration association.
In addition, a number of issues that need to be further addressed are outlined by President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. He also proposed not to rush to the adoption of this landmark document, to carefully modify and adopt it in the future.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in connection with the current situation has proposed approving the prepared document as a whole. "It has no urgent proposals. This is a strategy. Therefore, there is no hurry, except for the item on natural gas. And even if we take a decision in this form on natural gas, this is not a specific decision. Concrete negotiations will follow it>, the Belarusian leader noted.
Accordingly, it was proposed to generally approve the draft document and at the same time send the draft for revision, discussing it in a different format and at a different time. These approaches were supported by the participants in the meeting.
