SINGAPORE, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Singapore and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to the expeditious conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Singapore and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement Friday.
The two sides made the decision during the Seventh Session of the High-Level Russia-Singapore Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC).
Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov co-chaired the IGC, welcoming the regular high-level exchanges in the past year and the progress made by both sides to advance cooperation across various sectors.
MFA said both sides looked forward to completion of FTA by May 2017.
Read the full story at Xinhua