🗓 On June 6, the #EAEU-ASEAN Business Dialogue was held on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (#SPIEF-2024).

🔹️The event was co-organized by the Eurasian Economic Commission (#EEC), the Russia-ASEAN Business Council and the Roscongress Foundation.

🔹️Participants discussed ways to intensify trade and economic cooperation between ASEAN and the EAEU, the role of supranational and national regulatory measures in the context of the growth of global economy of the countries of the Eurasian region in response to global challenges. They also noted the importance of studying approaches to determining strategic directions for development in the EAEU and ASEAN and exchanging best integration practices.

🔹️H.E. Mr. Sergey Glaziev, EEC Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics noted that the interaction established between the EAEU and ASEAN and with the countries of the region made it possible to effectively cope with current geo-economic challenges and achieve progress in the development of mutually beneficial cooperation. At the same time, he emphasized that the two organizations need to create a new dimension of dialogue, which will allow them to multiply the volume of trade turnover and eliminate existing barriers.

🔹️In his remarks Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Economic Community H.E. Mr. Satvinder Singh noted that the EAEU is a strategic partner of ASEAN. In his opinion, more attention should be paid to diversifying trade and economic interaction between the parties, deepening the dialogue and exchange of practical experience in the field of innovation, digital transformation and increasing market transparency.

🚩 Since 2018 the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum is hosting an annual EAEU-ASEAN Business Dialogue.

🗓 On June 7-8, Russia's Alternate SOM Leader, Director-General of the Department of Asian and Pacific Cooperation of the Russian MFA Mr. Alexey Ovchinnikov 🇷🇺 participated in the East Asia Summit Senior Officials' Meeting (#EAS SOM) and ASEAN Regional Forum Senior Officials' Meeting (#ARF SOM) in Vientiane, Lao PDR 🇱🇦.

🔹️Senior officials discussed issues related to preparation for the EAS Summit and EAS and ARF Foreign Ministers' Meetings later this year.

🇷🇺 The Russian Side emphasized the importance of continuing joint efforts in key areas of cooperation within the ARF and the EAS including implementation of the leaders' decisions on launching Regional Mechanism of Emerging Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control as well as establishing interaction among the EAS Participating States on tourism.

🔹️As part of the exchange of views on topical issues in the Asia-Pacific, Russian delegation voiced its approach towards the military-political risks associated with building up a network of minilateral blocs of high conflict potential in the region and bringing NATO potential to the East Asia.

☝️ Russia reiterated its position on the maintaining and strengthening the central role of ASEAN in regional affairs based on ASEAN-led platforms of multilateral cooperation such as EAS, ARF and ADMM-Plus.

#EAS #ARF

⚡️ Foreign delegations of the BRICS nations and like-minded states are arriving in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, ahead of the BRICS Ministerial (June 10-11).

Guests are greeted in the most cordial manner and, as per ancient Russian tradition, are welcomed as dear friends, with 'bread and salt'.

#BRICS2024