MOSCOW, Nov 23 (Xinhua): Russia calls for a free trade zone between the European Union (EU) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday.
The suggestion will be brought up at a ministerial council meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in December in Basel, Switzerland, Lavrov said at the assembly of the Russian council on foreign and defense policy.
"The work is underway and it has become a part of the diplomacy. I am sure that we will come to the point, which is now called 'the integration of integrations'," Lavrov said.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier supported the idea of establishing dialogues between the EU and the EEU, according to Lavrov.
"It is time after all to arrange dialogue between the EEU and the EU.
Russia to push for free trade zone between EU, EEU
FE Team | Published: November 24, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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