the growing importance of cooperation with China
The Eurasian Economic Commission also highlighted the growing importance of cooperation with China.
"The comprehensive development of trade and economic relations with the People's Republic of China is one of the priorities of the EAEU trade policy," the commission told Xinhua. "A promising direction is the alignment of strategic documents of the EAEU and China in areas of mutual interest, including transport, logistics and digitalization."
"We consider the link between the Belt and Road Initiative and the EAEU as an important component of the strategic partnership between our countries," Fadeev emphasized, adding that the initiative is in line with Russian ideas to create an open integration circuit on the Eurasian continent, where free trade and labor mobility will be ensured and modern infrastructure established.
Kyrgyz economist Iskender Sharsheev emphasized that the alignment offers the union's countries an opportunity to strengthen their role as a transit hub, diversify sales markets and expand technological cooperation.
"In practice, it has accelerated land corridors from China to Europe across Eurasia, boosted container and refrigerated logistics, and made border crossings more predictable," Sharsheev said.