Friday, July 17 2020 14:55
Alina Hovhannisyan

Meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council kicks off in Minsk

Meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council kicks off in Minsk

ArmInfo. The next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council has started in Minsk. The Armenian delegation arrived in Minsk the day before.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan  and Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan represent the Armenian  side.

According to the press service of the EEC, the meeting agenda  includes a wide range of Eurasian integration issues in the areas of  trade, the functioning of the domestic market, competition, industry,  technical regulation, etc.

In particular, the Summit will have to consider the implementation of  the Agreement on Labeling of Goods and the further development of the  labeling system in the Eurasian Economic Union. Also on the agenda is  a comprehensive plan of measures in the field of healthcare and  sanitary-epidemiological welfare of the population to prevent the  spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19 and other infectious  diseases in the Union countries.

It is planned to discuss a draft interstate program for cooperation  among the EAEU countries in the provision of space and geoinformation  services based on remote sensing of the Earth.

At the same time, a map for the development of the EAEU agricultural  industry and a map for the industrialization of the Union are planned  for consideration. Both projects provide a compilation of information  on large projects being implemented, which will allow partners in the  Union to formulate production duplications, take into account  development trends, and effectively use each other's competencies  when drawing up national development plans and investment programs.