ArmInfo. In Sochi, on May 14, the EAEU summit will be held. The presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the new Prime Minister of Armenia will arrive. In addition, the visit of Moldovan President Igor Dodon is expected as a guest, "MIR24" reports.
According to president's aide Yuri Ushakov, Putin will hold bilateral meetings with all. First, Putin will hold bilateral meetings - with the Armenian prime minister, leader of Kyrgyzstan, the president of Belarus and Kazakhstan. However, at first the Russian leader plans important negotiations with the IAEA Director General Yukio Amano - the parties, first of all, will exchange opinions on the decision of Washington to reach an agreement between the six and Iran. According to Ushakov, the first contact with the Prime Minister of Armenia is important from the point of view of the fact that the leaders will be able to get to know each other better. "I do not think that there will be a very deep discussion of all the topics of bilateral cooperation, but some topics will naturally be touched upon, some issues are clarified, including taking into account the statements of Nikol Pashinyan on the EAEU," the presidential aide said. As for the summit itself, it starts at 15:00 with a joint photograph. After this, meetings will be held in a narrow and expanded format. Anton Siluanov and Yury Ushakov will be in the narrow staff, and in the enlarged - Nikolai Nikiforov, Alexander Novak, Maxim Oreshkin, Dmitry Peskov, as well as Deputy Foreign Minister. The agenda of the summit includes 12 issues.
The parties also have to discuss the approval of the draft provision on the status of the observer state in the organization. This status is expected to be provided in Sochi to the Republic of Moldova. Another priority is the digital agenda. Russia will offer several projects in the field of Internet trading and creation of digital corridors. According to Ushakov, at the meeting in Sochi an agreement on international treaties with third countries and associations can be signed. In particular, the agreement on free trade with Vietnam is successfully operating. Soon an agreement on trade and economic cooperation with the PRC and a temporary agreement on the FTA with Iran are expected to be signed. In addition, negotiations continue with Israel, Serbia and Singapore. It is planned to start them with Egypt and India.