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EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION GOING THROUGH A GREAT TEST: NAZARBAYEV
15:25, 20 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was sure that
Russia and Kazakhstan working together would manage to overcome
current economic difficulties, TASS reports.
"The situation in the global economy is not easy indeed," Putin said
at a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
"But I am convinced that framework conditions for functioning of the
economy and social sphere, created also through your direct involvement
in Kazakhstan and the whole post-Soviet space, will certainly help
us to overcome these difficulties," he said, adding that: "If we
work together - the way we have worked in previous years - it will
be easier for us to cope with the situation we face today."
The Kazakh leader said the post-Soviet Eurasian Economic Union was
living through a difficult period in the wake of a fall in hydrocarbon
prices.
"Unfortunately, our union is now going through a great test as export
prices fell in both Russia and Kazakhstan," Nazarbayev said.
"We knew that there would be such risks, and there was a price
distortion, and fluctuations. Thank you that after our conversation the
measures were taken and all this stabilized," the Kazakh leader said.
The Eurasian Economic Union brings together Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan
and Armenia. This year Kyrgyzstan is expected to join the bloc.
Nazarbayev also stressed that the governments of the Eurasian Economic
Union member-countries need to agree on overcoming the crisis jointly.
"Our task now is to agree, and our governments should discuss these
issues in a businesslike atmosphere. The current year is a time of
big challenge for the Eurasian Economic Union, but we will discuss
this with other EEU member-countries," Nazarbayev said.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/03/20/eurasian-economic-union-going-through-a-great-test-nazarbayev/
15:25, 20 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was sure that
Russia and Kazakhstan working together would manage to overcome
current economic difficulties, TASS reports.
"The situation in the global economy is not easy indeed," Putin said
at a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
"But I am convinced that framework conditions for functioning of the
economy and social sphere, created also through your direct involvement
in Kazakhstan and the whole post-Soviet space, will certainly help
us to overcome these difficulties," he said, adding that: "If we
work together - the way we have worked in previous years - it will
be easier for us to cope with the situation we face today."
The Kazakh leader said the post-Soviet Eurasian Economic Union was
living through a difficult period in the wake of a fall in hydrocarbon
prices.
"Unfortunately, our union is now going through a great test as export
prices fell in both Russia and Kazakhstan," Nazarbayev said.
"We knew that there would be such risks, and there was a price
distortion, and fluctuations. Thank you that after our conversation the
measures were taken and all this stabilized," the Kazakh leader said.
The Eurasian Economic Union brings together Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan
and Armenia. This year Kyrgyzstan is expected to join the bloc.
Nazarbayev also stressed that the governments of the Eurasian Economic
Union member-countries need to agree on overcoming the crisis jointly.
"Our task now is to agree, and our governments should discuss these
issues in a businesslike atmosphere. The current year is a time of
big challenge for the Eurasian Economic Union, but we will discuss
this with other EEU member-countries," Nazarbayev said.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/03/20/eurasian-economic-union-going-through-a-great-test-nazarbayev/