🎙 Address by President of Russia Vladimir Putin to heads of Eurasian Economic Union Member States (January 23, 2023)
💬 On January 1, 2023, Russia took over the chairmanship of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
It is obvious that the Union has every opportunity to become one of the strong, independent, self-sufficient poles in the emerging multipolar world.
Developing the technological potential of EAEU member states, attaining genuine independence and self-sufficiency in this sphere should become one of the most important strategic priorities of our joint work.
🌐 I would like to specifically stress the importance of building mutually beneficial and equal cooperation between the union and external partners and international associations.
We can see the obvious positive effect of the existing free trade agreements with third parties. We intend to provide all assistance to complete the work on similar agreements with Egypt, Iran and India, and to activate new negotiation tracks, including with Indonesia🇮🇩 and the United Arab Emirates.
Expanding the geography of the EAEU’s international links and contacts with countries in the #Asia-Pacific Region, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America would help boost exports of the union’s products and build new logistics chains.
Our association may play the role of one of the key centres in the #GreaterEurasianPartnership.
☝️ We count on close cooperation and support from the EAEU member states in the practical implementation of the priorities of Russia’s presidency in 2023.
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💬 On January 1, 2023, Russia took over the chairmanship of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
It is obvious that the Union has every opportunity to become one of the strong, independent, self-sufficient poles in the emerging multipolar world.
Developing the technological potential of EAEU member states, attaining genuine independence and self-sufficiency in this sphere should become one of the most important strategic priorities of our joint work.
🌐 I would like to specifically stress the importance of building mutually beneficial and equal cooperation between the union and external partners and international associations.
We can see the obvious positive effect of the existing free trade agreements with third parties. We intend to provide all assistance to complete the work on similar agreements with Egypt, Iran and India, and to activate new negotiation tracks, including with Indonesia🇮🇩 and the United Arab Emirates.
Expanding the geography of the EAEU’s international links and contacts with countries in the #Asia-Pacific Region, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America would help boost exports of the union’s products and build new logistics chains.
Our association may play the role of one of the key centres in the #GreaterEurasianPartnership.
☝️ We count on close cooperation and support from the EAEU member states in the practical implementation of the priorities of Russia’s presidency in 2023.
Read in full
📄 Excerpts from the Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
The Asia-Pacific region
55. Given the dynamically growing multifaceted potential of the Asia-Pacific region, the Russian Federation 🇷🇺 is going to focus on:
1) increasing economic, security, humanitarian and other cooperation with the states of the region and the #ASEAN member states;
2) establishing a comprehensive, open, indivisible, transparent, multilateral and equitable architecture of security and mutually beneficial cooperation in the region based on a collective and non-aligned approaches as well as unleashing the region's potential aiming at the establishment of a #GreaterEurasianPartnership;
3) promoting constructive non-politicized dialogue and interstate cooperation in various areas, including with the help of opportunities provided by the #APEC forum;
4) countering attempts to undermine the regional system of multilateral security and development alliances on the basis of #ASEAN, which rests upon the principles of consensus and equality of its participants;
5) developing a broad international cooperation to counter policies aimed at drawing dividing lines in the region.
The Asia-Pacific region
55. Given the dynamically growing multifaceted potential of the Asia-Pacific region, the Russian Federation 🇷🇺 is going to focus on:
1) increasing economic, security, humanitarian and other cooperation with the states of the region and the #ASEAN member states;
2) establishing a comprehensive, open, indivisible, transparent, multilateral and equitable architecture of security and mutually beneficial cooperation in the region based on a collective and non-aligned approaches as well as unleashing the region's potential aiming at the establishment of a #GreaterEurasianPartnership;
3) promoting constructive non-politicized dialogue and interstate cooperation in various areas, including with the help of opportunities provided by the #APEC forum;
4) countering attempts to undermine the regional system of multilateral security and development alliances on the basis of #ASEAN, which rests upon the principles of consensus and equality of its participants;
5) developing a broad international cooperation to counter policies aimed at drawing dividing lines in the region.