On the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, the Eurasian Economic Union (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Armenia and Russia) and India agreed to speed up the signing of the free trade area agreement.
At the meeting, the Eurasian Economic Commission's (EAEU's governing body) Minister of Trade Andrey Slepnev and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal positively assessed the progress of negotiations and agreed to hold the third round of full-scale negotiations in November. Previous rounds took place in November 2025 and June 2026.