News & Events in Belarus

“I believe 2017 should be a crucial year in the development of our organization,” said Alexander Lukashenko. For this purpose, the president suggested implementing a set of priority measures.

First of all, according to the president, it is necessary to set a moratorium on the adoption of new laws that might discriminate the member states. “The Eurasian Economic Commission shall monitor the observance of the rule,” he noted.

The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Eurasian Economic Commission need to devote more attention to removing exemptions, barriers and restrictions on the EAEU domestic market. The head of state suggested hearing out the corresponding report on the matter at the next meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.

“Working to perfect the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty it is not acceptable that we have results limited to technical updates by the end of the year. This matter should be considered in detail at the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council,” Alexander Lukashenko said.

The president also pointed to the Belarusian initiative which still has not been introduced. Belarus proposed developing a proper mechanism of operation for the EAEU in case one of its member states undertakes unilateral measures against third countries in order to protect its market. “This entails increasing disagreements within the union,” the Belarusian leader said.