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Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin took part as Chairman in the meeting of the Eurasian Interparliamentary Council, during which he put forward an initiative regarding ensuring economic stability of the EAEU, Kazinform cites primeminister.kz.

During the meeting, the Head of the Kazakh Government noted a strong recovery of the main economic indicators of the EAEU countries.

The EAEU countries’ trade stood at $33bn in January-June this year, rising by 32% compared with the same period of last year. The trade volume with the third countries was up 24.5% and amounted for $371.1bn. Cargo turnover of all transport modes of the EAEU countries reached 3.1 trillion tonne-kilometers, 4.6% more than in the same period of 2020.

The Kazakh PM noted that the risks due to the pandemic tend to be long-term than predicted earlier. To that end, he stressed the importance of updating the measures taken in April 2020 within the EAEU to ensure economic stability.