CHOLPON-ATA /Kyrgyzstan/, August 25. /TASS/. Russia and Armenia are successfully implementing bilateral trade and economic cooperation amid illegal anti-Russian sanctions, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday.

"Together with our Armenian partners, we are making operational decisions aimed at protecting our trade and economic cooperation in particular in the face of illegal sanctions against the Russian Federation," Mishustin said at a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan.

Mishustin mentioned that in the first half of this year, bilateral trade increased by 42% and exceeded $1.6 billion.

The Russian Prime Minister also spoke in favor of creating comfortable conditions for the activities of businessmen of the two countries.

"The business mission of Russian companies held in Armenia in September with the participation of VEB.RF will be a good platform for this purpose," Mishustin said.

According to the head of the Russian government, priority is also being given to unblocking economic and transport ties in South Caucasus.

On August 25-26, a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council is underway in in the Kyrgyz city of Cholpon-Ata. It is attended by prime ministers of the members states of the EAEU (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia).