President Putin: Plenary address at the EAEU summit and the Eurasian Economic Forum

I’d like to say that here in Minsk, we have a few hundred small, medium, and large-sized Russian enterprises, those who are directly involved in developing integration and economic ties with the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union. They understand firsthand how much this integration does for them and how much needs to be done to improve them even further.

The EAEU has been a successful integration association, and the volume of trade turnover of the EAEU is comparable to the world’s leading economic powers, Russian President Vladimir Putin says at the Eurasian Economic Forum.

Statements published by Ria Novosti:

🔹The EAEU is making a real contribution to creating a space for partnership and economic growth;

🔹Russia will take into account all the useful ideas and recommendations made at the Eurasian Economic Forum in Minsk in its work to strengthen the EAEU;

🔹The EAEU has grown stronger in 10 years since its creation, the economic potential of the five countries has strengthened;

🔹The EAEU is open for cooperation with all interested partners;

🔹The unemployment rate in the EAEU is 2.8%;

🔹The unemployment rate in Russia is now 2.3%, which is one of the best indicators in the world today;

🔹BRICS is working to create a digital investment platform, and similar initiatives can be implemented in the EAEU;

🔹The EAEU countries are jointly making efforts to integrate financial infrastructure;

🔹The situation in the Middle East is calming down;

🔹The stop of the Iran-Israel conflict allows the world to count on the development of relations with the countries of the Middle East, including with Iran;

🔹The freezing of Russian gold and foreign exchange assets is a robbery by the West;

🔹The movement towards regional financial institutions in the world will only accelerate if frozen Russian assets are confiscated;

🔹Russia is seeking to reduce the dependence on Western financial institutions;

🔹Russia’s dialogue with the World Bank is now difficult due to the bias of Western financial institutions.