Russia Signs Deal on Economic Union with Belarus, Kazakhstan

by Naharnet Newsdesk 29 May 2014, 10:28

Russia on Thursday signed an agreement with Belarus and Kazakhstan on creating a Eurasian Economic Union designed to strengthen ties between the three ex-Soviet countries.

The agreement was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the Kazakh capital of Astana.

SourceAgence France Presse