The three-day meetings dealt with the issues of: trade in
goods, rules of origin, trade treatments and trade facilitation.
Moscow-
June 24, 2021
The fourth round of negotiations on a free trade agreement
between Egypt and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a trade bloc that
includes: Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, concluded today
in the Russian capital Moscow.
The three-day meetings dealt with the issues of: trade in
goods, rules of origin, trade treatments and trade facilitation. The Egyptian
side was chaired by Ibrahim al-Sigini, assistant minister of trade and industry
for economic affairs.
During her meeting with Andrey Slepnev, the minister in
charge of trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Egyptian Minister of Trade
and Industry Nevine Gamea announced the success of the fourth round of talks.
“Egypt is keen to speed up talks and reach a free trade
agreement with the Eurasian Union during the coming period,” she said, noting
that Cairo will host the fifth round of negotiations next November.
The FTA, she added, would strengthen bilateral economic ties
between Egypt and the EAEU member countries and help transfer advanced
industrial expertise and technologies to the national industry in various sectors.