MINSK (Sputnik) — Belarus and Russia are in favor of states strictly complying to their obligations as member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Belarusian Foreign Affairs Minister Vladimir Makei said on Monday.
“While discussing the construction of the Eurasian Economic Union, we reiterated that the parties must strictly adhere to their obligations… We are in favor of the development of third parties ties but we must take into account the economic interests of all the members of the Eurasian Economic Union”, Makei said.
The discussion happened as a part of an official visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Belarus.
The Eurasian Economic Union is an international organization for economic integration launched in 2015, with Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia as its member states.