«I’m leaving for Cholpon-Ata in the coming days for the EAEU meeting,» he said during a meeting with Andrei Turchak, head of the Altai Republic.

The prime minister mentioned this in the context of Altai culture.

«Many of my colleagues in the EAEU consider Altai to be the birthplace of Turkic civilizations; there are many, many historical parallels here,»

the prime minister added.

The next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will be held on August 6-7 in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.

The Eurasian Economic Union is a regional international organization. Its main goal is to create a common market where goods, services, money, and labor can move freely between its member states. The EAEU includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.