Thursday, May 25 2023 18:14

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According to him, the forum attracts leading political figures and  leaders of business, cultural and other circles of the Union Member  States, becoming a key platform for the formation of promising ideas  and projects, a platform for discussion around topical issues.

The head of the Armenian Cabinet noted that Armenia considers it  important to form a collective system for ensuring food security in  the Eurasian Economic Union. He stressed that one of the important  aspects of cooperation between the EAEU countries is food security,  which is aimed at ensuring the availability and quality of food for  the population, as well as protecting the market from low-quality and  dangerous products. "Today, the need to form a collective system for  ensuring food security has sharply increased. I consider it obvious  that there is a need to consolidate the efforts of the EAEU countries  in this direction," the head of the Armenian Cabinet said.

Pashinyan also pointed to the importance of forming a common gas  market. Armenia, in his words, is ready for a constructive dialogue  on this issue. "The timely functioning of the common gas market of  the EAEU in the long term will contribute to the formation of  favorable and mutually beneficial terms of trade, will ensure an  increase in energy security and competitiveness of the member states  of the Union in the international market. In this context, the  Armenian side is ready for a constructive dialogue in order to reach  consensus on outstanding issues as soon as possible ", he noted.

The head of the Armenian Cabinet also touched upon the implementation  of the free trade agreement between Iran and the EAEU, which is a  priority for Armenia. Pashinyan stressed that given the high dynamics  of the development of cooperation with Iran, the entry into force of  the Free Trade Agreement and its subsequent implementation can serve  as a good basis in the context of a real expansion of trade  cooperation with third countries. "The continuation of work on such  priority and promising negotiation areas as India and Egypt, as well  as the development of a comprehensive dialogue on the economic agenda  and the deepening of trade and economic cooperation with the United  Arab Emirates and Indonesia will give an additional impetus to the  process of integrating the Union into the world economy," Nikol  Pashinyan stressed.