Meeting of the Supreme Economic Council of the Eurasian Union

Emomali Rahmon was invited as a guest to the meeting of the Eurasian Economic Union. There he participated and delivered a short speech.

On May 25, 2023, Emomali Rahmon was invited to the general meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the EAEU. During his speech, he stated: “The member and observer countries of the EAEU are considered traditional partners of Tajikistan. Our country has close trade and economic ties with most of them.”

Tajikistan has political relations and trade-economic exchanges with all permanent and observer member states of this organization. In 2022, the total trade volume between the countries amounted to over 42 percent.

Emomali Rahmon participated and spoke at this meeting at the invitation of his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin. Rahmon was there as an “invited head of state.” During his speech, he did not provide a clear indication or forecast about the fate of Tajikistan in this union.

According to experts, the EAEU meeting, which was planned and conducted under the leadership of the Kremlin, became a kind of response to the meeting of the heads of the “China-Central Asia” countries. The summit took place a few days ago under the leadership of Beijing and Xi Jinping. China demonstrated control and its power over the countries of the region.