Vladimir Putin answered questions following Supreme Eurasian Economic Council Meeting

Following the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council Meeting Vladimir Putin answered the questions of Russian journalists.
December 26, 2024
20:10
Leningrad Region

Answers to media questions

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good evening. Please, what are your questions?

Yekaterina Abramova: Good evening, Mr President.

Yekaterina Abramova, Mir television and radio company.

You devoted yesterday entirely to an informal summit of the Commonwealth countries and you spent all the day with your fellow presidents. Today, we can say, you have a full-fledged summit, an EAEC summit with a large agenda. Can you tell us what outcomes of these two days you would note?

Vladimir Putin: You know, it's not about the results of the two days, it's about the results of the year. There are indicators, they are official, no one disputes them, they are objective data: we have a substantial growth in trade despite the recession suffered by many of our formerly traditional partners. In the eurozone, you know, the growth is one percent and in Belarus 5.4–5.5 percent according to the year results.

We, in Rusia, are also generally content with the results – 3.9, likely to be up to 4. But Belarus has 5.5. This is a good result. In Armenia, let us say, even more. And the trade between Russia and Armenia has doubled year-on-year, doubled, and will amount to over $10 billion by the end of the year. And the same is with practically all the countries. This is the outcome.

As for the work during the past two days, one can sum it up in brief: we have become closer to each other.

Welcome.

To be continued.

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