On January 1, 2021, the chairmanship of the Eurasian Economic Union passed from Belarus to Kazakhstan. As President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted, the country's main priorities will be the implementation of the agreement on the EAEU, the elimination of barriers, the development of mutually beneficial cooperative and international cooperation.
“The same Old Man beats to blood, defending and promoting, for example, Belarusian milk. Who prevents others from doing this, using agreed mechanisms?”The expert explained.
Local trade wars between the EAEU countries, as well as members of any other integration association, will always be, there is no getting around it, but the use of unconventional weapons will be put in place within the framework of agreed rules, Gusev said.
The leadership of Kazakhstan erroneously in the issue of Eurasian integration mistakenly believed that since this idea belonged to him, then all issues will be resolved by themselves, but within the framework of the union it is necessary to work seriously, the interlocutor concluded.
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