EAEU and Iran: No agreement reached on free trade zone

BISHKEK. KAZINFORM The members of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council did not reach a final decision on signing an interim agreement on a free trade zone with Iran, Kazinform correspondent reports.

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During the meeting of Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, Presidents of Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan instructed to continue the negotiation process in reach a final agreement on commodity nomenclatures which are of mutual interest.

"We had negotiation process with Iran on our agenda today (...) Given the fact that Iran is not a member of the World Trade Organization, we agreed on a regime for protecting the interests of investors, as well as of the entities involved In trade and economic relations. We discussed tariffs and agreed on a position on the list of goods for which we will lower customs duties, " Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission told reporters after the meeting.