EAEU and Vietnam at final stages of mulling free trade agreement - PM Medvedev

MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. Negotiations on free trade area between Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam entered the final stage. The only issues remaining are of industrial processing and provision of services, PM Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with the Vietnamese media Monday. "I literally just talked to the Russian Economic Development Minister, and he confirmed that our negotiations with Vietnam entered the final stage. We have advanced in many positions and would like to finish the negotiations in the shortest term." Medvedev said that the document might become the first EAEU agreement with another country. "In fact, Vietnam will gain access to the market, which includes not only the population of the Russian Federation, but also of our partners, almost 40 mln more people," the PM said. He added that "the investment aspect, including the issues of so-called industrial processing, so that our companies could operate successfully in economic conditions of Vietnam" must also be discussed during the negotiations on free trade area. "In addition, there are still some issues related to the provision of services," Medvedev said. "Therefore, I hope that the upcoming talks and my friendly visit to Vietnam will bring practical benefits," he concluded. Read more