<h1>Sanctions and trade measures drive closer economic cooperation, prompting visa liberalisation and new energy supply agreements.</h1> Leaders announced a visa-free access measure for short-term travellers and advanced state-linked energy agreements, including a memorandum to build an additional natural gas pipeline and contracts to increase deliveries via existing routes, creating a framework for sustained bilateral energy supply. These steps are presented as coordinated responses to extraterritorial sanctions and trade restrictions that have targeted entities alleged to support military industries, while tariff policies and trade negotiations shape regional alignments and incentives for closer economic cooperation.