Beginning of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting in expanded format
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, We have agreed that I will begin as the host party. I would like to inform everyone who has joined us that we have just had a restricted-format meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, discussed topical issues pertaining to our association's activities, and made decisions on further deepening integration cooperation. I would like to welcome the heads of the EAEU observer states who have joined the expanded meeting: President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez. Our meeting today is timed to the 10 th anniversary of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union. This is truly a key instrument which the member countries used as guidelines and jointly made considerable efforts to deepen Eurasian integration, build a single market, and establish a unique supranational system of economic regulation. By eliminating numerous trade and administrative barriers, we have achieved a h
