CIS urged to expand cooperation with EAEC, CSTO, SCO

The CIS needs to expand cooperation with the EAEC, the CSTO, and the SCO, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council in Astana, BelTA has learned.

"We need to intensify the process of alignment of regional integration processes for the economic consolidation of Eurasia. We suggest expanding interaction between the CIS and the organizations with which we share interests in countering challenges and threats, such as the EAEC, the CSTO and the SCO," Roman Golovchenko said.

He noted that this year has been difficult for Belarus, Russia and other countries of the CIS. All the countries had coped with various challenges and demonstrated resilience to external shocks, he added.