EAEU in talks on expanding trade cooperation, including establishing free trade zones with more than 40 countries

GORKI, October 19. /TASS/. Starting the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has allowed foreign companies to expand their presence in the EAEU countries markets, and the EAEU countries are in talks on expanding trade cooperation, including the establishment of free trade zones with more than 40 countries, the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday opening the meeting of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC) in Russia. "The Eurasian Economic Union started on January 1, 2015, presented additional. Your [foreign - TASS] companies received an opportunity to expand their presence in the markets of five countries - in the common market of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan," Medvedev said. "That in itself is, of course, not bad," he added. At the beginning of the FIAC meeting Medvedev noted that this format has proved popular, and allows communicating directly, discussing openly the most pressing issues. At the same time the number of participants of the Council increased in 2015, the Prime Minister said. "This year, we were joined by Emmanuel Faber, Danone CEO, as well as Sunny George Verghese, Managing Director and CEO of Olam International from Singapore, so we have a wider representation, including countries in Asia Pacific region," Medvedev said. Read more