for us, the eurasian economic union is a 200 million market in which we have an access and, as membersicipating in that. but it is not at the expense of what we do with the european union... crosstalk. in the european union we have a important value based relationship, we have a very important agreement the comprehensive and advanced partnership with the eu which has very significant political parts... i understand. sectoral reforms part... i understand and yes... crosstalk. but i am talking about big vision, big future. there are many people, countrymen and women of yours, whose long—term dream is to see armenia in the european union or in a very close association with it and inside nato or in a ver close association with it. —— a very close association with it. you are not one of those people, are you? no—one in armenia is going to do something that will undermine... we are a security conscious people. we're not going to do something to undermine our security force. the bottom line, you stay with moscow. no, we are not staying with moscow! because in the end, moscow is the greatest g

for us, the eurasian economic union is a 200 million market in which we have access and, as members, of the regulatory rules in the economic union and we are participating. but not at the expense of what we do with the european union sitting in the european union sitting in the european union sitting in the european union we have a important value based relationship and important agreement with the eu which has significant political parts. i understand. but i am talking about big vision and big future. there are many people, countrymen and women of yours whose long—term dream is to see armenia in the european union or ina see armenia in the european union or in a close association with it and inside nato or in a close association with it but you are not one of those. no-one in armenia is going to do something that will undermine. we are security conscious. we're not going to do to undermine our security force. the bottom line, you stay with moscow. in the end, the moscow is the greatest guarantor of your security. dig we are not staying with moscow, washington nor brussels. we are onl

negative side effects of these policies as well shows a delay me there thank you very much the eurasian economic union economic bloc led by russia is set to sign a free trade agreement with serbia tomorrow and it aims to streamline and boost trade the. e.u. is an economic union that come cohn's 5 members russia belarus kazakhstan kurdistan and armenia founded in 2015 of the last for the free movement of goods capital labor and some services serbia high hopes for the new deal that guarantees tariff free access for over 99 percent of its exports to the bloc opening up a market of around $182000000.00 customers but the balkan nation is also waiting to join the e.u. if that happens brussels is serbia will have to drop any prior commitments with the you. i love serbia the hash tag that the balkan country has chosen as an advertising slogan and it hopes foreign investors will say the same president alexander showed up here for a contract signing ceremony as german companies agreed to plough 300000000 euros into new factories in the country serbia is rolling out the red carpet for firms that create jobs. it

the core of president putin's initiative of the great eurasian partnership involving the eurasian economic union countries, shanghai cooperation organization, asean, and which is open to all other eurasian states including e.u. member countries. we have already started moving in this direction by interconnecting the development plans of the eurasian economic union and the chinese project one belt, one road. consistent implementation of these endeavors will contribute not only to increasing economic growth but also to laying a solid foundation to forge an area of peace and stability and cooperation from lisbon to jakarta. ladies and gentlemen, in the run-up to the next anniversary of the united nations, i would like to underline the u.n. centered -- centric system of the world order, despite all trials -- remains stable and has a great capacity for resilience. it is a kind of safety net which guarantees if the charter is respected, a peaceful development of mankind by finding a balance of sometimes rather contradictory interests of various countries. and as we approach that 75th anniversary, the

do with this we met on the sidelines of an international summit it was the summit of the eurasian economic union or an organization we created with a number of ex obvious states a few months ago the eurasian economic union and iran signed an interim agreement on a free trade area and we have a free trade area green with singapore and vietnam and we're also working on one with israel and egypt but the eurasian economic union has enjoyed a successful cooperation with many states across the globe iran is about to join this process and we discussed these prospects just recently on the sidelines of the summit in yerevan in armenia. and with one more question if i may mr president russia asserting plays a role in the gulf region and your intelligence agencies have a huge capacity it is hard to believe that russia does not know what really happened to those oil facilities is it possible. bits of this you've been using believe it or not we do not know i asked the heads of the foreign intelligence service and the ministry of defense the very next day we do not know i will refrain from any further comment

other potential partners looking to close a free trade agreement with the russian dominated eurasian economic union business consultant draggle bragg thinks his country's agriculture and construction sectors would benefit from closer ties with the e.u. the report from government they being. in business preparation phase or e.u. maybe this can be useful for part of the serbian import. currently however serbia still exports nearly 10 times more goods to the european union than it does to your asian economic union markets save deals that might alienate the e.u. wreck tricky balancing act. after the fall of the berlin wall nov 9th on do you w. . take a trip on us to go christmas market hopping with v.w. in cologne and that's how long their fare and hotel are included for you and a guest. just tell us which german street is your favorite. what's the most beautiful place in germany. what would you like to explore most to enter tribute d.w. dot com slash travel good luck and enjoy some. welcome to arts and culture this time with the highlight of the davinci year a blockbuster exhibition on the florentine

our role in managing how that plays out, for example, in central asia, where russia -- the eurasian economic union is no match for china's wrote with his belt and initiative? you have a country that's in decline relative to china. they may feel threaten by this if they don't already. what's our role in that? how do we manage that? what's our role in central asia as these two countries have that tug of war? mr. sullivan: as we discussed yesterday, senator, those five countries are extremely important geopolitically. their location. for any number of reasons. our counterterrorism mission, for example. resolving the conflict in afghanistan on terms favorable to the united states. i believe there is competition between russia and china in that area. we want to be involved. i met with the five foreign ministers from those countries, this would have been last year before the u.n. security council session on afghanistan where they participated. i met with them to discuss our interests. their interests and some of those countries, at least, being closer to the united states as they feel squeezed between r