ST PETERSBURG, 20 December (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is taking part in the session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Saint Petersburg on 20 December, BelTA reports.
The summit is taking place in the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library that often hosts international, national and regional social and political events and scientific forums.
The leaders will review progress in integration cooperation in 2019, discuss issues and prospects of cooperation, including taking into account Belarus' presidency in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in 2020. The agenda of the summit includes matters related to strategic areas of Eurasian economic integration, the appointment of the chairperson and members of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), performance review and major approaches to the EEC composition, and also a number of other areas of interstate cooperation.
Aleksandr Lukashenko will also take part in the CIS informal summit to discuss the agenda of the commonwealth.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin was opening the summit, he expressed hope that it will produce meaningful results. He gave special thanks to Honorary Chairman of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council Nursultan Nazarbayev who was behind the establishment of the EAEU. “Everything is up and running and is functioning in the best way possible. However, I would like to draw attention to the fact that some issues remain unresolved. This has to do with various kinds of restrictions and exemptions. In this regard, I would like to say that this is natural for all integration projects. We are treading step by step towards removal of these restrictions,” Vladimir Putin said. In fact, the EAEU member states have already finalized the development strategy of the union.
Armenian Premier Nikol Pashinyan noted that Armenian presidency in the EAEU agencies is coming to an end. “We have approached the end of the year in a very good mood. We have achieved consensus on all the points of our agenda,” he said.
Nikol Pashinyan congratulated Belarus on taking over presidency in the Eurasian Economic Commission and wished the country many successes in this role.
