Putin discusses joint actions with Lukashenko, Nazarbayev amid Russia restrictions EU, U.S. agriculture imports

MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has held telephone negotiations with his Belarusian and Kazakh counterparts Alexander Lukashenko and Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Kremlin press office reported on Thursday.

"Different aspects of integration cooperation in the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union which is being formed were discussed, including coordinating actions in the trade and economic sphere in light of the decisions made to restrict certain agriculture imports, raw materials and foods from the European Union, the United States and a number of other states to Russia," the Kremlin said.