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  • 19 Jan 2016, 10:58

Russia is ready to discuss the introduction of a free trade zone between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Hong Kong, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was cited by Sputnik News as saying.

“We have recently reached the first agreement about a free trade zone between the Eurasian [Economic] Union and Vietnam, now we are engaged in negotiations with Israel,” Dvorkovich said at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong, according to the report. “We are ready to discuss this issue with Hong Kong.”

The EAEU comprises of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.