Serbia mulls pact with Eurasian Economic Union

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Belgrade plans on signing an integrated agreement with the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), RFE/RL reports.

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Dacic said during a visit to the Russia city of Suzdal on November 3 that Serbia has "free-trade-zone agreements with certain EAEU members, but they differ", according to RFE/RL citing TASS and Serbian media.

He added that Belgrade is now planning to sign a common agreement good for all members of the EAEU.

Dacic said his government would work to find a "unification with all of these [separate] agreements [with individual EAEU members]".

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The EAEU, established in 2015, includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.

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