Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin discussed Tehran's cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) during a meeting with Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref. According to the results of the Russian-Iranian negotiations in Dushanbe, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk announced this, TASS reports. "Today, the Eurasian Economic Union is expanding its cooperation with the countries of the Global South. As you know, we are expanding the network of free trade agreements, particularly with Iran. A lot of time has been devoted to that topic today, because, indeed, the agreement on free trade gives us the opportunity to significantly remove the problems that could have arisen if this agreement did not exist," said the head of the Russian government. His deputy. Overchuk reminded that parallel work is being done in this direction with other countries. "The temporary agreement with Mongolia and the United Arab Emirates has entered into force. Work is also being carried out towards the entry into force of the agreement with Indonesia. In addition, negotiations are underway with India, consultations were held with Pakistan. Last week, we had a meeting with the Prime Minister of Thailand [Anutin Chanwirakun], and he also raised the issue of a free trade zone with Thailand," the Deputy Prime Minister noted. "In other words, we now see our main goal in the expansion of free trade opportunities of the Eurasian Economic Union, first of all, of course, with the Asian continent and the countries of the Global South. This is the problem we are currently solving," he concluded.