cultivation by cooperative interaction at the same time in order to ensure stable economic growth of states the trace of members requires constant interaction with the business community on topical issues of the development of integration processes in terms of taking into account and promoting interests in business expanding the participation of the business community in the implementation of programs i want to highlight the work carried out yesterday, within the framework of the eurasian economic forum , expert discussions are an effective tool for a comprehensive assessment of the current situation and development on this basis of practical measures to ensure the sustainable development of our association. colleagues, in the context of international cooperation, it seems relevant to

build up contacts and build specific chains of interaction with partners from third countries, i can say with confidence. that over the years the union has significantly expanded the horizons of international cooperation, i consider it important to once again draw attention to armenia's interest in the soonest conclusion of a full-format agreement on free trade between iran and the eu, the experience of the interim agreement with the teran clearly shows the attractiveness of the iranian market and the prospect of further deepening cooperation. today we also plan to launch negotiations with the republic of indonesia on concluding a free trade agreement, which is important to continue to saturate the international agenda, so that both

the union countries and our partners. we saw the tangible results of mutually beneficial cooperation, dear participants of the meeting , i would like to thank you all for joint work. and once again confirm the readiness of the armenian side to continue to make efforts aimed at developing and adopting joint decisions that are of interest to each state member and the entire association as a whole . thank you for me. thank you very much, nikol babaevich, the next floor is given to the president of the republic of belarus alexander grigoryevich lukashenko alexander grigoryevich please give you the floor dear participants of the meeting, dear chairman, first of all i would like to thank

mnogozhovich for organizing the meeting of our council, as well as the eurasian economic forum , our meeting is taking place in difficult geopolitical and economic conditions. but we managed to stop the problems in the foreign exchange financial market. however, the sanctions pressure is not weakening, but rather, on the contrary, it is intensifying due to the global nature of the economy and the fact that russia belarus is your largest trade and economic partner, the consequences of sanctions to one degree or another will affect everyone. that's why you can't sit folded, i say my hands, this is the word to those who think that everything will pass by itself and will be able to sit out safely. we are simply obliged to unite and act as a united front, as

our chairmanship has already said here obviously. everyone needs this, nothing else is given if we want to preserve our statehood, our union, and actually think about the welfare of our peoples, our joint steps have already been taken by us to confirm this. this applies to the decision taken quite quickly by our commission to increase sustainability and save member states. the union believes that next we should take an emergency measure to reformat logistics. of considerable interest is the initiative of the commission for the implementation of the eurasian agroexpress project. it is designed to ensure regular obstructed deliveries of agricultural goods by rail

, including from china. in addition, it is necessary to seriously speed up the work on creating new cooperation ties and import substitution, especially for critical imports , the proposal to develop of indicative balances in relation to essential goods for the internal market of the union i s is well positioned in matters of food security, however, due to the predicted rush demand in the world for priority food products, close coordination is needed to prevent shortages of certain goods in our countries. i believe that the baptism of the identified problems needs to be tightened up and the rest of the cis states, the issue

of developing international economic cooperation with third countries and integration associations under the sanctions, we should not close in on ourselves in our economic union, in addition to the so-called collective west, there are enough states in the world that are ready to develop with us, equal and respectful relations are actively working to conclude trade agreements with egypt iran is on the way to start substantive negotiations with indonesia shows interest in a free trade agreement merged into the united arab emirates the concluded international agreement has a huge potential an agreement on trade and economic cooperation with china, it should be used to expand interaction in the field of industrial cooperation.

including in innovative areas, attracting investments, realizing the transit potential of our union, building up mutual trade. now we need to focus on work. for the speedy implementation of the road map with the chinese side this year. also of particular importance is the partner with the scanner in the field of digital digital transport corridors, the implementation of this this direction will help to switch to an integrated electronic technology for the transportation of goods by rail between the states of our union and china. of particular importance is the discussion of a number of projects on the participation of the republic of uzbekistan in vinnitsa in the initiatives of the union in this context. i would like to note the high

level of interaction between the union and cuba, as well as the interest of venezuela, which indicates a significant potential for strengthening our economic cooperation, the issues are not new in most of these events. already passed in our documents and plans. now you just need to give them more time and attention in order to achieve results. in conclusion, i would also like to bring to your attention what it means in belarus to actively prepare for the organization of the second games of the commonwealth of independent states in august 2023. we all present supported such an event in the past. as you remember, the previous games were held in kazan in the 21st year. if we want to continue this good tradition, i ask all colleagues to actively join the work.

a necessary instruction for those interested in your countries, the sports festival should become for our peoples another symbol of friendship and solidarity, dear friends. we are faced with difficult tasks to solve, which are forced in an accelerated mode and that's it. this is happening against the backdrop of a global uncertainty even more serious than the bloodshed period. however, i am convinced that by joint efforts having fully realized the possibilities of the eurasian economic union , having overcome national egoism. we will successfully pass all tests thank you for your attention. thank you, alexander grigoryevich, the next word is given to the president of the republic of kazakhstan asylmart, kemerovichi. tokayev, please eurasian economic council

meeting participants. i am glad to welcome you at the next meeting, expressing my gratitude to the president of the kyrgyz republic, chairman of the supreme eurasian economic council sadyron harvest chizhaparov for organizing our own geopolitical upheavals have made serious adjustments to the development of the world economy. in that year by the international monetary fund, the growth forecasts of the world economy, reduced to three point sixty percent, and the world trade organizations to uh, two uh and eighty percent in the face of global regional challenges with the joint efforts of countries. the eurasian economic union successfully overcomes socio-economic barriers, ensures macroeconomic stability and growth dynamics,

and serious achievements. in foreign trade, the speeches of my colleagues have already been noted, and i will mark you. over the years of the union's activity, the mutual trade of kazakhstan increased by 33%, and exports increased by 55%. there are more than 15,000 joint ventures operating in kazakhstan and the number continues to grow. this is a gratifying phenomenon, these indicators testify to the success of our integration cooperation. i consider it important that common efforts continue to be directed towards the dynamic development of trade and economic cooperation for the benefit of our citizens. i see this as a guarantee of strengthening our collective immunity in the face of global challenges, dear colleagues, the sanctions confrontation observed today is unprecedented in its

essence and consequences. in february of this year, within the framework of the eurasian intergovernmental council held in the capital of kazakhstan, i proposed to create a high-level working group to develop economic measures to ensure the sustainability of the economies of the eurasian country, the five. e, the working group has been created and developed a package of operational measures that are being implemented and already have concrete results. however, it must be understood that the current geopolitical situation will have a long-term character, and to this. we must be ready in this regard, i propose to consider two initiatives of kazakhstan that meet our opinion. in the current realities and needs of the integration association. for the first time in december 2020, we adopted the key document of the union