The senior official also announced that views will be exchanged on the formation of the above-mentioned hydrocarbon market and a decision will be made to form a Council of Heads of Competent Organizations of Member Countries in the Energy Sector.
Ushakov reminded that tomorrow Bishkek will host a meeting of the Eurasian Supreme Economic Council, which will be attended by the presidents of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the prime minister of Armenia.
The Kremlin representative reminded that the observer states will include the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Camel, who will hold video speeches.
The forthcoming meeting of the Eurasian Supreme Economic Council will be the second this year; the previous one took place on May 27 via videoconference, chaired by the Kyrgyz side.
The work carried out by the member states on topical issues of the functioning of the EAEU will be examined, as well as prospects for further deepening of the integration processes within the framework of the Union, added Ushakov.
“Among the specific issues, I would like to mention those related to the removal of obstacles in the organization’s internal trade, the functioning and development of the internal market for services, and the promotion and financing of industrial infrastructure projects,” said the adviser to the Russian President. .
He added that the meeting would agree on a new procedure to collect indirect taxes when services are provided electronically.
Ushakov said that a package of documents will also be approved at the summit, including those related to the practical aspects of the activities of the UEE and its bodies.
He pointed out that the association’s budget for 2023 will be agreed and the amount of fees that companies will have to pay if they go to the regional entity’s court will be determined. The representative of the President of Russia stated that the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov will give a summary of the Kyrgyz presidency of the ESCU at the next summit and will announce that these functions will be transferred to Russia from January 1, 2023.
This will be the Slavic nation’s second presidency in the union’s bodies since its inception, having performed the same function back in 2018, Ushakov concluded.
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