Overview
- Commerce secretary Rajesh Agrawal met EEC trade chief Andrey Slepnev and Russian deputy minister Mikhail Yurin in Moscow to review next steps on the proposed India–EAEU pact.
- Both sides established a quarterly regulator-to-regulator mechanism to address certification, agricultural and marine listings, monopolistic practices and other non-tariff barriers.
- Talks identified time-bound pathways in pharmaceuticals, telecom equipment, machinery, leather, automobiles and chemicals to convert plans into contracts.
- Officials discussed practical steps on logistics, payments and standards to improve predictability and ease of doing business for firms in both markets.
- The process proceeds under an 18-month ToR signed on August 20, with leaders maintaining a $100 billion India–Russia trade objective for 2030.