"We are ready for this deeper dialogue between the EEU and the EU perhaps even more than we were on a country level," Viktor Khristenko said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 broadcaster.
Khristenko said the pan-Eurasian economic association was objectively more ready for cooperation with Brussels, citing national and international practices, including those of the European Union, which the EEU relied on in formulating its norms.
"Objectively, today we have a competent supranational system of regulation of economic activity in the Eurasian Union. Ignoring this and not going into systemic dialogue is in my opinion a direct loss," he stressed.
Khristenko added that the initial offer conveyed to the European Commission in October was based on the trade volume between the two regional unions, noting continued expert-level talks despite the lacking political dialogue.
"From that viewpoint, Mr. Juncker needs understanding from 28 members of the Union to respond to us," he said.
The EEU currently consists of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
