Mikhail Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Board of the
Eurasian Economic Commission, has informed journalists about outcomes of the
Eurasian Intergovernmental Council’s meeting held on February 5 in Almaty in a
face-to-face format.
- Significant
decisions were adopted at the EIC meeting for our economies, such as providing
raw materials to metallurgical enterprises, coordinating work in the field of
livestock breeding and many others creating a good foundation for the future.
Certainly, the
decisions related to protecting the internal market are very important. These
include approaches to forming e-passports of vehicles, anti-dumping and
response measures and, of course, prospective development issues.
Report on
macroeconomic situation in the Eurasian Economic Union Member States and
respective proposals for ensuring sustainable economic development was
approved. I’d like to inform you that according to preliminary data, a slight
decline in the GDP is expected by year-end 2020, at the moment it is estimated at
3.9%. Along with that, the Commission’s forecasts indicate that 2021 will be
quite successful.
We expect
the economies of our Union countries to grow by at least 3.2%. And this trend
will persist. I mean that the goals and objectives set out in the Strategy for
Developing until 2025 should be met.
Last December, the
Heads of State instructed the Eurasian Economic Commission to work in closer
cooperation with the CIS Executive Committee. We have drawn relevant
conclusions, drafted a fairly constructive action plan for 2021-2022 and signed
this document at the Intergovernmental Council.
We have very busy
time ahead and many interesting projects were proposed at the digital forum
today.
The task for the
Commission was formulated by M. V. Mishustin. A.U. Mamin has submitted very
interesting proposals which directly arise out of the five main directions
represented in the Address of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.-Zh.
K. Tokayev to the Heads of the EAEU States. We see that we have some active
work ahead to implement these tasks.
Besides
A.U. Mamin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, has put forward
initiatives within the digital forum to create a single digital platform under
the aegis of the EDB. In this regard, we in the Eurasian Economic Commission,
which works towards implementing the common processes of the integrated
information system, see this harmonization. In the very near future, we will be
able to talk about completing and connecting 48 more common processes which are
currently in a high degree of preparation, to 19 already implemented common
processes.
The candidacy of Mr.
R. B. Beketayev for the post of EEC Minister was also supported because Mr. T.
M. Zhaksylykov transfers to another job.