would like to congratulate the distinguished president on your behalf republic of kazakhstan, kassym-jomar tagilevichuch a past anniversary, dear vladimir vladimirovich dear participants of the forum, first of all i want to greet you all. i think the very idea of ​​holding such a forum is very successful and i express my gratitude to you, dear vladimir vladimirovich, for the invitation. and, of course, the high level of organization of this event. the agenda of today's meeting , rich in the issues proposed for discussion , are topical, of course, of practical importance. i wish all participants a productive work. i think that it is here that new ideas will be born, there will be substantive solutions that will ensure the sustainable development of our economic union for years to come, going back to the words of nikolayevich, i really want to celebrate 2020. we have adopted strategic directions for the development of eurasian economic integration until 2025, in fact. it has been done in this area and, of course, a kind of actualization of goals and objectives in my opinion is ahead. i think the forum