Cooperation with Brazil strengthens relation between the EAEU and Latin America
Issues of trade and economic cooperation between the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) with Brazil and leading integration association of South America (MERCOSUR) were discussed at a meeting of the EEC Board Member - Minister in charge of integration and macroeconomics Tatyana Valovaya with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Brazil in Russia, Antonio Luis Espinola Salgado.
“Development of cooperation with Brazil is a new large-scale international activity of the EEC, which, on the one hand, will strengthen bilateral communication, and on the other hand, strengthen connections of the Eurasian Economic Union with the Latin American region,” noted Tatyana Valovaya.
Tatyana Valovaya told the Ambassador of Brazil about the Eurasian integration project, main directions of the EEC, and international outreach of the Commission’s activities. Special attention was paid to issues of strengthening contacts and formation of a mutually beneficial dialogue between the EEC and Brazil for the development of economic partnership of the EAEU Member States and Brazil.
Antonio Luis Espinola Salgado confirmed the interest of the Brazilian side in expanding trade and cooperation relations with the Union States.
Tatyana Valovaya and Antonio Salgado spoke in favour of enhancing the dialogue both between the EEC and Brazil, as well as between the EAEU and MERCOSUR, given similar goals and objectives of both integration associations.
Press-release at the official Eurasian Economic Commission web-site