RF, Belarus, Kazakh PMs give high marks to work towards CES

According to Itar-Tass, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held telephone conversations during a working trip to Ulan-Ude with his Belarus and Kazakh counterparts, Mikhail Myasnikovich and Karim Massimov.

"During the telephone conversations the parties gave high marks to the present state of the formation of common economic space between the three countries," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

At this stage the countries remove starting from Friday all customs checkpoints on the borders between the three countries, Peskov said. The interlocutors stated that thus Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus have fulfilled all obligations on the formation of common customs space, Peskov added.

"Vladimir Putin noted that this is the biggest event on the territory of the former Soviet Union since its disintegration," Peskov stressed. He also said the three prime ministers had agreed to meet in the Russian capital on July 12 for a three-party working meeting, as well as "to initiate a business forum in Moscow with participation of business circles of the three countries".

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