Russia would like to reach an agreement on a free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union and the UAE by the end of the year. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said this in an interview with TASS within the framework of the second Russia-Africa summit.
According to him, negotiations on a free trade zone between EAEU and the UAE are ongoing.
EAEU is an international integration economic association, the members of which are Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Observer status was granted to Moldova, Cuba and Uzbekistan.
