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MINSK, 29 April (BelTA) - All major issues on the draft treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) have been settled, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Viktor Khristenko said after the extended session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk, BelTA has learnt.

"All major issues on the draft treaty have been resolved," said Victor Khristenko.

He noted that some bilateral issues still remain. Their discussion will continue.

The presidents instructed to finalize all the details of the treaty in the shortest time possible and submit the document for signing at the Troika summit in Astana on 29 May. This task has been set before the Eurasian Economic Commission and the governments of the three countries.

Viktor Khristenko noted that the draft treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union includes a big number of codified documents of the Customs Union and the Single Economic Space, about 70 international treaties, and also the new rules which have been developed in furtherance of the draft treaty and which apply to the segments of the common market which were not there earlier, particularly the energy sector, the market for services.