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🗓 On February 10, the Eurasian Economic Commission hosted a meeting between Andrey Slepnev, #EEC Minister in charge of Trade, and Jose Tavares, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Russian Federation. 💬 "The Commission and the Eurasian Economic Union countries assign great importance to promoting mutually beneficial cooperation with the Republic of Indonesia 🇮🇩 that, being one of the largest #ASEAN economies, is also one of our key trading partners in South Asia," noted the EEC Minister in charge of Trade. 👉 According to him, in the first 11 months of last year alone the #EAEU trade turnover with Indonesia grew by 34%. Notably, exports increased by 94% and imports by 11%. The parties discussed specific steps that should be taken to organize the first round of negotiations on concluding a free trade agreement between the EAEU and Indonesia. Andrey Slepnev and Jose Tavares agreed on the need to move more actively in the indicated direction. Also, the meeting touched upon the topic of holding the EAEU-Indonesia business dialogue as part of the Eurasian Economic Forum in Sochi 🇷🇺 in May this year. In this regard, EEC Minister in charge of Trade extended an invitation to speak at this event to Zulkifli Hasan, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia 🇮🇩. 🚩 In May 2022, the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council took a decision to start negotiations on concluding a free trade agreement between the EAEU and Indonesia. In December Andrey Slepnev and Zulkifli Hasan, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, announced the start of negotiations. At the moment the parties' negotiator teams are finalizing specific dates for the first round.