PEKING (TASS) — The heads of governments of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAPC) will discuss at the meeting on Friday the issues of creating a single gas market, digital development, import substitution and other topics.

According to the statement, the meeting will focus on issues of digital development of the EEA states, cooperation in energy and transport, industrial cooperation and customs cooperation, improvement of the regulatory and legal framework of the EAEC.

According to the employee of sources in Russian administration, the meeting will consider in detail the issue of formation of the common gas market of the EAES. “It is planned to approve the draft programs for the creation of a common gas market for the Union and the plan of corresponding measures for their subsequent submission to the heads of state”, one official said.

The meeting will discuss the creation of a unified system for the transit of goods to the EEA. Its implementation will allow, with the help of intelligent trackers, to ensure proper control over the movement of goods across the customs territory of the Union, including international transport.

The previous meeting of the Eurasian intergovernmental council was held in Almaty in February 2018.