Work on an agreement on a common gas market in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) continues, there is a chance the document might be submitted for approval, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk told reporters on Wednesday, TASS reports.
"Today we continue to discuss this topic, we have a chance to reach an agreement on the text of the treaty … the work is ongoing," he said, without giving the exact timeframe.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the EAEU countries should create a single gas market in the next two years.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in December that the EAEU countries should create a single gas market within the next two years. "In the near future, in the next couple of years, we must implement our agreements that were formed earlier, namely, to create a single gas market [in the EAEU], within the next two years - form its operating principles, and move on to the practical implementation," he said.
