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Free Trade Agreement between EU and EEU?

The Russia’s envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov declared that the European Union has finally come around to the idea of working together with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), Sputnik News reports.

"The long-term goal of establishing a free-trade area between those two bodies of integration [EU and EEU] should remain on the table. For a start, it would be expedient to set up initial working contacts between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Commission. It is welcoming that many within the EU are finally coming around to this idea," Chizhov said at the European Forum Alpbach in Austria.

"Today our countries are faced with a multitude of challenges that do not stop at borders – terrorism, illegal migration, drug and human trafficking, climate change. In order to combat these acute threats, Russia and EU have invested substantial efforts," Chizhov said.

"During the Ukraine crisis, much of this work has come to a standstill… While Russia and EU severely limited their cooperation, terrorists did not," he added.



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