The meeting focused on further integration within the Eurasian Economic Union, including issues pertaining to the functioning of the internal market, customs and tariff regulation, and the prospects for joint space research.
Mikhail Mishustin’s remarks at the meeting
Delegation heads taking part in the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting:
Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan
Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Roman Golovchenko
Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council Askar Mamin
Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Ulukbek Maripov
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin
Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Commission Board Mikhail Myasnikovich
Eurasian Economic Union observer states:
Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov
Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba Manuel Marrero Cruz (recorded video of his speech)
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the
Russian Federation Julio Garmendia Pena
Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Aureliu Ciocoi (via videoconference)
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova to the Russian Federation Vladimir Golovatyuk
Colleagues, friends, I am delighted to be welcoming all of you to Kazan at a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council.
This meeting reaffirms our growing interest in Eurasian integration. Observer countries are taking part in the events of this intergovernmental council, including Cuba, Moldova and Uzbekistan. Representatives of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan were also invited as guests.
Colleagues, 12 April marks a very important anniversary for all of us. It’s 60 years since Yuri Gagarin’s space flight. Members of the Eurasian Economic Union put on anniversary events. And it is symbolic that we will be reviewing a report on the development programme for the production and delivery of space and geo-information products and services. We will also be exchanging views on the prospects for developing cooperation in space research.
The agenda of the meeting includes several important issues that determine major spheres of our cooperation in such fields as industrial production, agriculture and many other sectors.
I am quite certain that the decisions that will be made during this meeting will give a new impetus to our integration within the Eurasian Economic Union.
Once again, welcome to the Russian Federation. I would like to pass the floor now to Askar Mamin, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chairman of the Eurasian Economic Union.