SAINT PETERSBURG, 21 December (BelTA) – The growing interest of the Global Majority in partnering with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) demonstrates the relevance of the Eurasian integration model, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the expanded meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, BelTA has learned.
“The growing interest of the Global Majority in forging partnerships with our union demonstrates the relevance of the Eurasian integration model and highlights our association’s position as a center of economic gravity, regardless of the deficiencies we reviewed at the narrow-format meeting,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stated.
The president of Belarus pointed to the formation of a solid foundation for uniting countries that have the same goals and a common understanding of how to achieve them. “I am pleased to welcome our friends in this hall – representatives of the Eurasian Economic Union’s observer states, leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and the high-level delegation from the Republic of Indonesia,” the Belarusian leader addressed the meeting’s participants.
Aleksandr Lukashenko also expressed his gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the invitation and for the productive working environment. “In keeping with our established tradition, we meet in the run-up to New Year with a wide circle of like-minded partners in the hospitable northern capital of Russia, St. Petersburg. Here, we take stock of results of our cooperation and chart out future objectives. Such traditions speak eloquently to the success of our EAEU,” he stated.
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