FM: EAEU has made progress towards sustainability, economic growth

The Eurasian Economic Union demonstrates positive trends in sustainability and economic growth, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Aleinik told reporters on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg, BelTA has learned.

Answering a question about how Belarus can benefit from the decisions taken at the summit, the foreign minister said: “The main advantage is, in principle, the very existence of this organization. Next year we will mark the 10th anniversary of the EAEU. Interim results of its work have been reviewed. They are impressive. They include a two-fold increase in trade [between the EAEU member states]. Our trade with countries outside the organization has expanded by 60%. There has been a significant increase in industrial and agricultural output. The last council of the EAEU agro-industrial complex concluded that the union had become absolutely self-reliant and self-sufficient in food staples. We are 90-100% self-sufficient across most types of agricultural products, and there is significant potential for export,” the foreign minister said.

Sergei Aleinik emphasized that the EAEU demonstrates positive trends in sustainable development and economic growth, and in ensuring technological sovereignty of the union as a whole and its member countries.