Egypt interested in free trade zone with eurasian economic union

Egyptian Ambassador to Russia Mohammed Badri said that Egypt would like to join the negotiations on the establishment of a free trade zone between Egypt and the Eurasian Economic Union.
Egypt is interested in creating a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), the country's Ambassador to Russia Mohammed Badri said Friday.
"Egypt would like to join the negotiations on the establishment of a free trade zone between Egypt and the Eurasian Economic Union. Preliminary consultations are underway," the ambassador said at a press conference at news agency Rossiya Segodnya's press center in Moscow.

"I think that within a year the picture will become clearer and will contribute to the revitalization of our trading activities in the future," he added.

The ambassador also noted that his country hopes to develop deeper cooperation with Russia in a number of fields.