Islamabad will sign a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), and this process could take from few months to two years, Pakistani ambassador to Russia Faisal Niaz Tirmizi told TASS, the latter reports.

"We [i.e. Pakistan] have already launched this process [to create a free trade zone] with the Eurasian Economic Union, as Pakistan is a natural partner in the North-South Transport Corridor. I can see a day in the near future when people from Murmansk, Minsk, and Moscow will be able to travel to Islamabad, Karachi, or Gwadar through all the countries [along the corridor]. Pakistan strongly believes that as part of the Eurasian region, it has to have more people-to-people and business-to-business contacts with all the countries [of the EAEU]," the Pakistani diplomat noted.

"We have already started the process. There has been communication between Pakistan's Commerce Minister and the head of the Eurasian Economic Union. We will be able to reach a [free trade] agreement. It might take from few months to a year or two, but no more than that," he added.

To note, Armenia also is a member in the Eurasian Economic Union.