The Eurasian Economic Union is interested in expanding east and signing a free trade agreement with Hong Kong, RT cited Russia's Deputy Prime Minister as saying.

"We recently concluded the free trade zone agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and Vietnam and are currently negotiating with Israel,” Arkady Dvorkovich said. “We are ready to discuss this issue with Hong Kong."

The Eurasian Economic Union is an economic union of states located primarily in northern Eurasia. A treaty aiming for the establishment of the EEU was signed on May 29, 2014 by the leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, and came into force on January 1, 2015. Treaties aiming for Armenia and Kyrgyzstan'saccession to the Eurasian Economic Union were signed on October 9, 2014 and December23, 2014, respectively. Armenia and Kyrgyzstan's accession treaties came into force on January 2, 2015 and August 6, 2015.