Russia recognizes leading role of Kazakhstan in EAEU project

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Russia recognizes the leadership of Kazakhstan in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) project and hopes it will prepare initiatives for continuing integration, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Thursday, according to TASS .

"The Eurasian Economic Union is a purely economic association and is not related to politics at all. We recognize the leadership of Kazakhstan in this project. The president of Kazakhstan was the founder of this idea and started promoting Eurasia and Eurasian partnership ideas as early as in the 1990s," Shuvalov said.

Russia would like to see the leadership of Kazakhstan in development of the union, including problems of restrictions and exemptions, digital economy development, and others, he said.

"We hope looking-forward initiatives will be developed in Kazakhstan," Shuvalov said.