🎙️Kommentar fra Russlands ambassade i Norge til nyhetsbyrået “RIA Novosti” (23. mai 2025)

❓Norges utenriksminister Espen Barth Eide uttalte i et intervju med Euractiv at Norge er interessert i å øke NATOs militære tilstedeværelse på sitt territorium og gjennomføre flere militære øvelser. Han snakket også om økt aktivitet fra alliansen i Arktis i nærmeste fremtid. Hvordan vurderer den russiske siden slike uttalelser? Hvilken trussel utgjør utvidelsen av alliansens tilstedeværelse i Norge, samt NATOs aktivitet i Arktis?

💬 Svar: Den stadig tydeligere opptrappingen av NATO-landenes væpnede styrker i det norske nord og i Arktis skjer på bakgrunn av tomme løfter fra Oslo om at de angivelig fortsatt er interessert i å opprettholde regional stabilitet, unngå misforståelser og utilsiktet eskalering. Samtidig mangler det effektive tillitsskapende tiltak og kommunikasjonskanaler på det militære området mellom Russland og NATO, noe som øker risikoen for farlige hendelser betydelig.

👆 Vi er overbevist om at intensiv militarisering og «NATOisering» av norske nordområder ikke vil føre til økt sikkerhet, men tvert imot bare vil øke den militærpolitiske spenningen og risikoen for eskalering i Arktis.

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🌍 May 25 is African Liberation Day or #AfricaDay.

On this day in 1963, the first conference of 32 independent African states took place in Addis Ababa, marking the birth of the Organisation of African Unity — the predecessor of today's African Union (since 2002).

This was how the first stage in the decolonisation process on the African continent reached its culminating point.

👉 Read our feature article on Africa Day

Long before arrival of Europeans, African societies had well-developed, self-sufficient economic and social systems, as well as their own forms of governance.

Everything changed during the Age of Discovery, when the Portuguese and Spanish were the first to establish trade routes along Africa’s west coast in the 15th century.

⛓ The main tool for generating maximum returns was the slave trade, which began in the 7th and 6th centuries BC and brought about a boom with the discovery of the New World, when colonisers needed free labour.

Apart from the slave trade, the colonisers (Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Belgium) ruthlessly exploited natural resources. They exported Africa's gold, ivory and other valuable goods.

According to official UN data, approximately 17 million individuals were forcibly taken from Africa (and reached their destination) throughout the history of the slave trade. At least as many died in transit. Some researchers estimate the total number of lives lost to be close to 50 million people... At the same time, Africa’s economic potential was severely damaged, $777 trillions were extracted by the colonial powers.

With the outbreak of World War II, Africa found itself at the centre of global change, sparking the emergence and strengthening of national liberation movements across the continent.

After years of struggle, Ghana became the first African country to gain independence in 1957, inspiring other nations and national liberation movements.

The Soviet Union was proactive in assisting African states in their struggle for independence and in helping establish these young nations.

📃 It was the Soviet Union that initiated the adoption of the 1960 Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, which proclaimed the need to end colonialism and discrimination in all its forms.

In fact, the USSR helped build 37 African economies by signing bilateral economic and technical cooperation agreements with them. Soviet military advisors and experts worked in Angola, Ethiopia, Egypt, Mozambique and several other African countries at different times.

Today, Africa is the fastest-growing macro-region on the planet. African countries are experiencing explosive economic growth. According to projections, by 2050, Africans will make up around 40% of the world’s population.

💬 Maria Zakharova:

"During the Soviet era, our country made a substantial contribution to liberating African nations from colonial dependence, selflessly and consistently assisting the continent’s young states in strengthening their sovereignty, developing their economies and training local personnel.

Today, our relations are moving along an upward trajectory. Building a truly strategic partnership with Africa is one of Russia’s foreign policy priorities."

(From Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s briefing on May 20, 2025)

☝️ African Liberation Day is an important symbol of solidarity and unity for all African nations. It commemorates the long and arduous path that Africans have travelled in the struggle for their independence and the right to self-determination.

Unfortunately, Western powers not only continue to exploit the African nations by siphoning off their resources and helping their corporations earn hefty profits, but also seek to erase or rewrite their own unsightly record there.

The descendants of colonisers are trying to pretend that they have nothing to do with the suffering many generations of Africans have had to endure, including racism, slave trade and punitive operations.

❗️ But Africa remembers it all.

#AfricaDay

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 33rd Assembly of the Council for Foreign and Defence Policy (CFDP) (May 24, 2025)

💬 Sergey Lavrov: Thank you for giving me yet another opportunity to deliver a report to this audience.

Although I am a CFDP member myself, it is not everyone that is invited to make reports here. I had a chance to look through the materials drawn up by many CFDP members, including those who are now present here, over the past few months, documents distributed as part of the package for today’s meeting. I can say that many things echo the ideas current at the Foreign Ministry. But there are certain things that provide valuable tips, at least with regard to the focus areas that we will have to concentrate our thinking on in the future.

☝️ We value the contributions being made by the expert community and CFDP members. Many of them are regular participants in various talk shows. This is useful. Russian foreign policy can only benefit from this analytical support. Let me repeat that I derive much interest from perusing all your materials that we receive throughout the year, even outside the framework of preparations for upcoming sessions. Thank you very much for this.

Today’s event is ennoscriptd The Time of Trial: War and Peace in the 21st Century. I read a relevant article that used the word “war” in the plural. Quite possible, this detail will also affect the process. It must be taken into account. No one knows how many years of ordeals are in store for us. But they are certain to come.

An interesting epoch is here to stay. As our Chinese friends say, “Be it far from you to live at interesting times.” However, this is not quite so from the diplomatic point of view. Diplomacy, like any active practical science, “comes to life” precisely in the periods, when it is necessary to display initiative, think more, and analyse.

❗️ Forming a multipolar world remains the core trend for today. We are confident that this is a natural process. But there are others who feel nostalgic for the globalisation era and are sure that multipolarity is an artificially imposed construct and a temporary thing that must be suppressed.

The Global South and East countries see multipolarity as a chance for bolstering up their sovereign development without manifestations of Western neo-colonialism that have become rife in recent years, whereas the West has highly mixed feelings about the strengthening of multilateral principles in international life.

⚡️ Joint Declaration of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on Further Strengthening of Cooperation to Uphold the Authority of International Law

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📃 1. The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China reaffirm their comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era. They firmly uphold the international system with the United Nations at its center, the international order based on international law, and the central role of the United Nations in international affairs. They reiterate the 2016 Declaration of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the Promotion of International law.

🔹 2. The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China believe that codification and progressive development of international law must take account of the realities of a multipolar world, primarily within the efforts taken under the aegis of the United Nations. They support widest possible participation of States in UN treaties and uniform interpretation and application thereof.

They also note the importance of using the potential of regional, subregional and cross-regional multilateral mechanisms, organizations and integration systems such as #BRICS or the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, in elaborating norms of international law, if this is in the best interests of the respective region and participating States.

🔹 8. The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China oppose and condemn unilateral sanctions that violate international law, in particular the principles of sovereign equality of States, State immunity and non-interference in internal affairs of States, and are not authorized by the Security Council, as well as long-arm jurisdiction and division along ideological lines, and emphasize that States have the right to conduct normal economic and trade cooperation.

🔹 10. The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China reaffirm the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes and express their firm conviction that States shall resolve their disputes through dispute settlement means and mechanisms that they have agreed upon.

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🔹 13. The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China assert that international obligations regarding immunity of States, their officials and State property, including but not limited to property of the central bank or other monetary authority of State, diplomatic and consular property, cultural heritage of the State, must be honored by States at all times.

🔹 16. The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China call for continued efforts to strengthen the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and at preserving its integrity and validity for maintaining global stability and international peace and security which is in the strongest interest of humankind.

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🔹 21. The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China reaffirm that international law, in particular the Charter of the United Nations, is applicable and essential to maintaining peace and stability and promoting an open, secure, stable, accessible, peaceful and interoperable Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) environment.

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🔹 24. Having in mind the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Second World War that helped to shape the very structure of relations between nations in the modern age including the founding of the United Nations, the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China agree to jointly safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core, the international order underpinned by international law, and the basic norms governing international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, as well as international fairness and justice.

✍️ Done at Moscow, on May 8, 2025.

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К предстоящей XIII международной встречи высоких представителей, курирующих вопросы безопасности, которая состоится в Москве 27-29 мая 2025 года в Национальном центре «Россия».

❗️ Свыше 125 делегаций из более чем 100 стран подтвердили участие во встрече в Москве.

В ходе мероприятия состоится научный семинар по вопросам глобальной безопасности, который «на полях» впервые организует аппарат Совета Безопасности России при активном участии научно-экспертного совета. В нём будут участвовать более 100 иностранных делегаций.

💬 Пресс-служба аппарата Совбеза РФ: «Процесс выработки важнейших внешнеполитических решений, затрагивающих вопросы международной безопасности и государственного суверенитета, в обязательном порядке базируется на научно обоснованных концепциях и подходах, сценариях и прогнозах развития событий».

Во время форума также состоятся неформальные встречи делегаций стран БРИКС, АСЕАН, ШОС и СНГ, в ходе которых будут обсуждаться вопросы международного сотрудничества в сфере безопасности. В частности, - формирование новой – более справедливой и отвечающей современным реалиям – архитектуры равной и неделимой безопасности.

🎙 Address by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to participants of the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues (May 28, 2025)

💬 Vladimir Putin: I am pleased to welcome you to Moscow for the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues.

Over the past nearly fifteen years, your Forum has convincingly affirmed its significant status and authority. I know that in these days, participants of the Meeting — representatives of delegations from many states — can expect a substantial programme, with the main discussion dedicated to the prospects of establishing a new global security architecture.

☝️ As for Russia, our approaches remain principled and unchanged. I have said it before and will reiterate: we are convinced that the new security architecture must be equal and indivisible — that is, all states must receive firm guarantees of their own security, but not at the expense of the security and interests of other countries.

It is vital to make our continent a space of peace and stability, an example of sustainable economic, social, and cultural development. We believe that the foundation for creating such a universal security system could be the existing and well-established multilateral cooperation formats, such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and others.

Your current meeting is widely attended by states of the Global South and East. It is they, in essence, who form the global majority, seek to influence regional and international processes more actively, and uphold the principle of sovereign equality and the right to their own development model.

Undoubtedly, in building joint efforts, it is necessary to rely on positive historical experience, on the lessons of the past. This year marks the 80th Anniversary of the end of #WWII, which fundamentally influenced the development of the international community.

The experience of uniting states in the fight against evil, against Nazism and militarism, the understanding of the colossal price humanity paid for peace and freedom, for the right of peoples to choose their own path of development, laid the foundations of the post-war world order and led to the creation of the UN — a universal, legitimate organisation based on the principles of international law, which has helped overcome many geopolitical challenges.

Today, it is especially important to preserve the truth about the events of those years, to counter attempts to rewrite history, to cast doubt on the decisive contribution of the peoples of the Soviet Union to the Victory over Hitler’s Germany, and to glorify Nazi criminals and their accomplices.

Just recently, on May 9, we solemnly marked the Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The celebrations in Moscow became yet another symbol of unity around the ideals of the Great Victory, demonstrating once again the commitment of our friends and partners to shaping a safer world, to constructive cooperation, and to jointly addressing global challenges.

I am convinced that this latest meeting of high representatives overseeing security issues will contribute to the development of new important approaches to strengthening international peace and stability and will help advance dialogue for the benefit of all countries and peoples.

I wish you success.

📣 Стартовал 5-й сезон международной премии «Мы вместе».

🤝 Данный конкурс направлен на поддержку и продвижение проектов, ориентированных на помощь людям и повышение качества жизни в России и мире.

🌍 Тема международного трека премии – социальное партнерство для глобального развития.

🗳️ Заявки могут подать иностранные граждане старше 18 лет и НКО по двум номинациям: устойчивое будущее и помощь людям.

✈️Для иностранных лауреатов предусмотрены денежные призы на сумму 10.000 долларов США и приглашение на международный форум, который состоится в Москве в декабре 2025 г.

❗️Отбор заявок – до 23 июня.

🔗Подробная информация о международной премии

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement on the second round of the resumed direct Russian-Ukrainian talks (Moscow, May 28, 2025)

💬 As you know, with support from the United States, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye, it became possible to pave the way for the resumption of direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations. The first round was held on May 16 in Istanbul.

Pursuant to the agreements reached, the parties have exchanged 1,000 prisoners of war each. In addition, Moscow and Kiev agreed in Istanbul to prepare documents setting out the parties’ respective stances on achieving a sustainable settlement.

❗️ As agreed, the Russian side promptly drafted a memorandum that sets out our views on all aspects of reliably overcoming the root causes of the crisis. Our delegation, led by Vladimir Medinsky, is ready to present this memorandum to the Ukrainian delegation and provide the necessary clarifications during a second round of resumed direct talks in Istanbul next Monday, June 2.

I would like to once again express my gratitude to our Turkish partners for providing a hospitable venue for the talks, which Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan confirmed yesterday during his visit to Moscow.

☝️ We hope that all parties that are genuinely interested in the success of the peace process rather than just claim to be in favour of the initiative will support the new round of direct Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul.

🗓 29 мая решением глав государств-членов Евразийского экономического союза ежегодно отмечается #ДеньЕАЭС.

1 января исполнилось 1️⃣0️⃣ лет с даты вступления в силу Договора о ЕАЭС (подписан 29 мая 2014 года) и начала фактического функционирования Союза как регионального интеграционного объединения.

За это время ЕАЭС зарекомендовал себя как эффективный интеграционный проект, в основе которого — равноправие и учёт интересов каждого участника. Объединение утвердилось в качестве одного из самостоятельных и самодостаточных центров формирующегося многополярного мира.

Страны «пятёрки» #ЕАЭС — Армения, Белоруссия, Казахстан, Киргизия и Россия — добились значительных результатов: на пространстве Союза функционирует и совершенствуется внутренний рынок, устойчивый рост демонстрирует взаимная торговля, укрепляется кооперация в таких сферах, как транспорт, логистика, промышленность, сельское хозяйство, обеспечение энергетической и продовольственной безопасности.

📈 Экономические показатели говорят сами за себя: по имеющимся оценкам, совокупный ВВП государств-членов ЕАЭС за 10 лет функционирования Союза увеличился с 1,6 до 2,5 триллиона долларов.

Рост валового внутреннего продукта (в целом по Объединению) в 2024 году составил плюс 4,4% — это существенно выше среднемировых темпов, оцениваемых в 3,3%. Товарооборот с третьими странами вырос на 60%. По итогам прошлого года доля национальных валют во взаиморасчётах стран «пятёрки» в рамках внутрирегиональной торговли достигла 90%.

Евразийский экономический союз является важным игроком международных экономических отношений с широкой сетью зарубежных связей. В настоящее время действуют соглашения о свободной торговле ЕАЭС с Вьетнамом 🇻🇳, Ираном 🇮🇷 и Сербией 🇷🇸, а также два непреференциальных соглашения с Китаем 🇨🇳. Реализуется план сопряжения Союза с китайской инициативой «Одни пояс — один путь».

Активно осуществляется взаимодействие с государствами-наблюдателями ЕАЭС — Узбекистаном 🇺🇿, Кубой 🇨🇺 и Ираном 🇮🇷. На финальной стадии находится работа по заключению торговых соглашений с Индонезией 🇮🇩, ОАЭ 🇦🇪 и Монголией 🇲🇳.

📰 Из интервью Заместителя Председателя Правительства Российской Федерации А.Л.Оверчука «Российской газете» (28 мая 2025 года):

💬 <...> «Рассматриваем ЕАЭС как центр экономической кристаллизации Северной Евразии, достигший высокого уровня социального и экономического развития, а также в целом решивший проблемы продовольственной и энергетической безопасности. Это делает нашу пятёрку привлекательным партнёром для стран Глобального Юга, которые до сих пор не могут преодолеть последствия колониальной зависимости от стран Западной Европы. <...>

Евразия обладает колоссальным созидательным потенциалом, где страны севера и юга стремятся к развитию и многое для этого делают. Многие из этих стран тянутся к России».

🎙 Из брифинга официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой (20 мая 2025 года):

💬 «Сегодня ЕАЭС — пример успешного интеграционного объединения, взаимодействие в рамках которого строится на принципах равенства, доверия и уважения, учёта интересов каждого участника.

Поздравляем с наступающим Днём ЕАЭС, благодарим коллег из стран Союза и Евразийской экономической комиссии за плодотворное взаимодействие. Нацелены на дальнейшее раскрытие экономического потенциала, наращивание и укрепление интеграции на благо населения и бизнеса наших стран».

📄 Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, and Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to congratulate them on the Day of the Eurasian Economic Union (May 29, 2025).

✍️ Vladimir Putin: Please accept my heartfelt greetings on the Day of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Integration processes within #EAEU have gathered substantial momentum and have been quite fruitful. We created a common market, which provides for the free movement of goods, services, capital and labour.

There is an ongoing effort to harmonise our national regulations in key sectors, while we succeed in undertaking joint economic and infrastructure projects.

I am certain that we will keep doing everything to step up our constructive multi-faceted cooperation for the benefit of our peoples and to ensure well-being and stability across the Eurasian space.

I wish you good health and success, and happiness and prosperity to your fellow citizens.

🗓 On May 29, the United Nations and the entire international community will mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.

On this day, 77 years ago, the UN Security Council established the first peacekeeping mission – UN Truce Supervision Organisation designed to monitor the ceasefire after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War – which operates to this day.

🕊 Peacekeeping is a key area of UN work. Peacekeepers, including Russian troops, helped to settle multiple conflicts and restore peace in dozens of countries affected by violence and destruction.

🇷🇺 UN peacekeeping is an area of focus for Russia. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia is active in drafting mandates for UN peacekeeping operations, putting missions in a constructive and respectful frame of mind for cooperation with host countries.

❗️ As of today, Russia participates in seven UN peacekeeping missions from Western Sahara and South Sudan to the Middle East and Cyprus. The UN contingent includes 65 citizens of the Russian Federation, including 15 women. Russia is also among top ten contributors to budgets of peacekeeping operations.

Our country attaches much importance to training peacekeepers, including foreign specialists. Domodedovo, Moscow Region, is where the UN-accredited All-Russia Peacekeepers Training Centre of the Russian Interior Ministry is based, drilling law enforcement officers for participation in UN peacekeeping missions. Since 2000, over 350 individuals from about 50 countries have completed the course of training at the centre.

🗓 May 29, by decision of the Heads of States of the Eurasian Economic Union, is celebrated annually as #EAEUDay.

January 1 marked 1️⃣0️⃣ years since the Treaty on the EAEU (signed on May 29, 2014) came into force, launching the Union as a regional integration association.

Over this time, the EAEU has proven to be a successful project of regional integration based on equality and consideration of each member’s interests. The Union has become an independent and self-sufficient centre of the emerging #MultipolarWorld.

The member-states of the Union — the EAEU "Five" — Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia — have achieved significant progress: the Union's internal market is functioning and improving, mutual trade is demonstrating sustainable growth, cooperation is becoming closer in such areas as transportation, logistics, industry, agriculture, energy and food security.

📈 Economic indicators speak for themselves: according to estimates available, the combined GDP of the EAEU member-states has increased from 1.6 to 2.5 trillion dollars over the 10 years of the Union's development.

In 2024, the growth of the GDP (on average in the Union) was recorded as 4.4%, thus, outpacing the global average growth of 3.3%. Trade with third countries has increased by 60%, while the share of the national currencies in mutual trade within the EAEU has reached 90%.

The Eurasian Economic Union has firmly established itself as a major actor in global economic affairs with an extensive network of partnerships. Today, free trade agreements of the EAEU with Vietnam 🇻🇳, Iran 🇮🇷, and Serbia 🇷🇸 are already in force, with the two non-preferential agreements have been signed with China 🇨🇳. Active efforts are being made to align the Union with China’s Belt and Road initiative.

The EAEU maintains close cooperation with the Union's observer-states, such as Uzbekistan 🇺🇿, Cuba 🇨🇺, and Iran 🇮🇷. The trade talks the EAEU is holding with Indonesia 🇮🇩, the UAE 🇦🇪, and Mongolia 🇲🇳 are nearing completion.

📰 An excerpt form the interview by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexei Overchuk for 'Rossiyskaya Gazeta' (May 28, 2025):

💬 <...> “We consider the EAEU to be the economic nucleus of Northern Eurasia — an area that has achieved a high level of socio-economic development and largely resolved issues of food and energy security.

This makes the EAEU "Five" an attractive partner for the Global South countries, many of which are still fighting the implications of their colonial dependence on Western Europe. <...>

Eurasia holds a vast creative potential, with nations both in the North and South committed to progress. Many of these countries are naturally seeking cooperation with Russia.”

🎙 From a briefing by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (May 20, 2025):

💬 “Today, the EAEU stands as a paradigm of successful integration, where cooperation is built on principles of equality, trust, and respect, with due consideration for the interests of each member state.

We extend our congratulations ahead of EAEU Day and express gratitude to our colleagues from member states and the Eurasian Economic Commission for their productive collaboration. We remain committed to unlocking further economic potential and deepening integration for the benefit of our nations’ citizens and businesses.”

📰 Интервью Заместителя Председателя Правительства Российской Федерации Алексея Оверчука «Российской газете» (28 мая 2025 года)

Основные тезисы:

• Евразийский союз — это экономическое интеграционное объединение пяти государств Северной Евразии. <...> Россия — это крупный рынок, в силу чего является экономическим центром притяжения для соседних экономик. Для стран региона Россия — географически ближайшая страна, торговая доступность которой определяется её решением развивать с ними общие рынки товаров, услуг, капитала и рабочей силы.

• Совместное продвижение стран евразийской пятёрки представляет собой постоянное прощупывание возможного пути скоординированного развития на основе взаимного уважения интересов и консенсусного принятия решений.

• Рост ВВП в государствах — членах ЕАЭС в последние годы говорит сам за себя — плюс 4,4% в целом по ЕАЭС в 2024 году. Это существенно выше среднемировых темпов, оцениваемых в 3,3%.

• Наши страны вместе укрепляют транспортно-логистическую связанность как внутри #ЕАЭС, так и с нашими ближайшими соседями. Реализуется план сопряжения ЕАЭС с китайской инициативой «Одни пояс — один путь», вместе развиваем международный транспортный коридор «Север — Юг». <...>

• Наш союз — это большой общий рынок, где все пять государств-членов заинтересованы в росте своих экономик. Для этого необходимо не только создавать лучшие условия для ведения бизнеса на общем внутреннем рынке, но и для продвижения товаров из ЕАЭС на экспорт.

• Когда речь заходит о заключении соглашений о свободной торговле, то сообща наши пять стран имеют более сильную переговорную позицию. У ЕАЭС такие соглашения уже есть с Вьетнамом и Сербией, ещё одно с 15 мая 2025 года заработало с Ираном.

• Евразия обладает колоссальным созидательным потенциалом, где страны севера и юга стремятся к развитию и многое для этого делают. Есть такие международные объединения, как #ШОС и #АСЕАН, #БРИКС+, строящие отношения на взаимном уважении участвующих сторон.

• Мы рассматриваем ЕАЭС как центр экономической кристаллизации Северной Евразии, достигший высокого уровня социального и экономического развития, а также в целом решивший проблемы продовольственной и энергетической безопасности. Это делает нашу пятёрку привлекательным партнёром для стран Глобального Юга, которые до сих пор не могут преодолеть последствия колониальной зависимости от стран Западной Европы.

• EАЭС — это молодое интеграционное объединение, ему всего десять лет. <...> Деловое сообщество и люди в странах пятёрки ЕАЭС начинают осознавать преимущества союзной интеграции. Они видят, что внутрисоюзная торговля имеет меньше барьеров и удобнее торговли с третьими странами, что доказывается опережающими темпами её роста.

• Сегодня наблюдателями при ЕАЭС являются Иран, Узбекистан и Куба. Наряду с этим в силу глубоких исторических, культурных, гуманитарных и хозяйственных связей существует высокая степень интеграции с государствами — членами #СНГ.

• ЕАЭС открыт не только странам постсоветского пространства. Кроме того, государствами — членами ЕАЭС уже принимаются многосторонние соглашения, доступные для присоединения государств, не входящих в наше интеграционное объединение.

• Современная Северная Евразия, частью которой является Россия, состоит из независимых государств, которые объединяет общая великая история, ценности, торгово-экономические связи и принадлежность к уникальной евразийской цивилизации, которую нельзя назвать ни азиатской, ни европейской.

• Задача евразийской интеграции состоит в сохранении этого наследия и формировании условий для общего процветающего будущего многочисленных народов, населяющих это необъятное пространство.

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