Lukashenko calls for further removal of barriers in EAEU, scaling up Union State best practices

"Belarus and Russia would like the EAEU to learn more from the Union State and adopt its best practices that might fit the EAEU," the head of state said.

This is, however, not the main thing, he said. “The main thing is that we have a number of problems in our economic union that need to be addressed. They are all of economic nature. We would like to see all sorts of barriers that still, unfortunately, exist in our country, removed, and this should be done during your chairmanship, since Kazakhstan itself plays a very important role in the union. We need to agree on energy issues so that the states have equal opportunities. We need common markets for gas and oil. We need to create a common market. You see how the situation is developing around us, and the very circumstances push us to closer cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union,” the Belarusian leader said.