Pakistan discusses creating free trade zone with EAEU — minister

World December 24, 8:06

"The work is going well, but it is not year ready enough for us to disclose it," Awais Leghari noted

MOSCOW, December 24. /TASS/. Pakistan is negotiating with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on the creation of a free trade zone, Pakistani Energy Minister Awais Leghari said in an interview with TASS.

"We are still working on it. The work is going well, but it is not year ready enough for us to disclose it," he said.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said that the parties discussed the possibility of creating a free trade zone between Pakistan and the Eurasian Economic Union. According to Overchuk, this would open new opportunities for promoting trade within the EAEU.

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