Putin: EEU, China Should Remove Barriers for Cooperation on Silk Road Belt

© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin delivers his address at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his address at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. - Sputnik International
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Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) member states and China should gradually remove barriers to allow for cooperation on the Silk Road Economic Belt project, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The president noted that at the last meeting of EEU leaders in Astana, the sides discussed this possibility and decided to enhance cooperation with China based on Beijing’s proposal to develop the Silk Road Economic Belt.

"To put it bluntly, these issues clearly call for expert examination. We certainly care about the interests of our national producers. However, there is a common understanding that the general development path in a global economy, as well as in our cooperation with China, should involve a gradual removal of all barriers to open collaboration," Putin said in an interview with the Xinhua news agency.

According to Putin, the initial stages of such collaboration could imply the establishment of a free-trade zone between the sides.

"We believe it [the Silk Road project] is a very timely, interesting and promising initiative aimed at increasing cooperation with all countries of the world, but primarily with neighbors," the Russian leader said.

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The Silk Road Economic Belt is the Chinese government's economic development framework announced in 2013 for primarily integrating trade and investment in Eurasia on favorable conditions.

The EEU is an economic association founded by Russia and also including Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

In May 2015, Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping signed a joint declaration "on cooperation in coordinating the development of the Eurasian Economic Union project and the Silk Road Economic Belt."

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