The council brings together the heads of government of the five member states. Thursday's session runs in narrow format; Friday widens the table to the EAEU's observer states. The meeting is the second of the year, after Shymkent on 26–27 March, and it falls inside Kazakhstan's 2026 chairmanship. The Russian government's statement, carried by Interfax just after midnight, confirms Mikhail Mishustin's participation and sets out what Moscow expects from the two days.
Three documents are prepared for signature: an agreement on electronic commerce in goods within the union, mutual admission of brokers and dealers to member states' stock exchanges, and mutual recognition of academic degrees. The exchange-access agreement belongs to the common financial market file, which the statement names as an agenda priority alongside customs regulation and administration, food security and the digitalisation of rail freight. Climate policy, agricultural markets and transport cooperation with China round out the list. Kyrgyz coverage counted more than 15 questions on the agenda.
Armenia arrives loudest. Nikol Pashinyan said on 30 July that he intends to attend, and in remarks relayed by Vestnik Kavkaza he attached a deadline of sorts: "if our question is not resolved soon, Armenia will solve this problem, but the Eurasian Economic Union will not." The standing trade backdrop is dated and on the record: Russia has prohibited Armenian flowers since 22 May, all quarantine-regulated Armenian goods and their transit to other EAEU states since 12 June, and dairy since 27 July.
The day-two watch is what actually signs on Friday, and whether the Armenian file surfaces in the official record or stays in the corridors. The Kyrgyz fronts read for this pack, 24.kg, Kabar and Economist.kg, carried no arrivals reports by mid-morning Bishkek time.