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EAEU-China cooperation creates prerequisites for ‘Greater Eurasia’ - Duma speaker

ASTANA, October 6. /TASS/. Cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and China on the formation of a common economic space makes real the prospect for the creation of a ‘Greater Eurasia’ - from Lisbon to Shanghai, speaker of the Russian State Duma lower house of parliament Sergei Naryshkin said on Tuesday at the international forum Eurasian Economic Perspective. "Cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Union with China makes the idea of creating ​​a common European space from Lisbon to Vladivostok even more relevant and real," he said. In the opinion of the Duma speaker, "If the large Eurasian-Chinese project proves successful, the interest of the European Union in integration with our countries will increase significantly." "Because it will create prerequisites for the formation of a ‘Greater Eurasia’ from Lisbon to Vladivostok from the west to east and from Murmansk in the North to Ankara, Delhi and Shanghai with the prospect of inclusion in this integration megaproject of interested Southeast Asian and South Asian countries," Naryshkin said. On May 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed an agreement on cooperation in the framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt project The agreement envisages "linking" the Eurasian Economic Union and the Silk Road Economic Belt. "In fact, we are talking about entering the new level of partnership in the future that envisages common economic space on the Eurasian continent," Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks. The Silk Road Economic Belt is a project of creating a transport, energy and trade corridor between the countries of Asia and Europe. The idea of constructing the Silk Road was put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping in September 2013. Eurasian Economic Union The Treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union was signed by the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on May 29, 2014 in Astana. The agreement is the basic document defining the accords between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan for creating the Eurasian Economic Union for the free movement of goods, services, capital and workforce and conducting coordinated, agreed or common policies in key sectors of the economy, such as energy, industry, agriculture and transport. The agreement stipulates the transition of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to the next stage of integration after the Customs Union and the common economic space. Kyrgyzstan and Armenia also joined the EAEU. Read more

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