From the transcript:

Mikhail Mishustin: Friends, good afternoon.

Sochi is hosting two important events at this time. In fact, there are more than two events, but two of them stand out in terms of significance. They are within the scope of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council and the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of the Independent States. We have also had a large number of person-to-person meetings with attendees at today’s forums, fruitful conversations at the 2^nd Youth Forum, and we have all spoken to young people from the CIS and other friendly nations.

I am confident that the decisions we have taken and the proposals we have made will contribute greatly to deepening cooperation in our region.

Allow me to comment in more detail on the meeting of the Intergovernmental Council.
We, together with the heads of governments of the five member states, covered an agenda filled with numerous issues, focusing especially on matters related to our development and integration. We talked over the priorities of Russia’s chairmanship outlined by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his message to the five members states.

The breadth of participation in our meetings highlights a serious and growing interest in our Union. With our partners, we are clear-eyed that we need to stand together to face challenges in today’s world. Our response to these challenges will be to expand cooperation in all areas, launch new state-of-the-art production in strategically significant industries, exchange cutting-edge technology and innovation, and form new chains of added value.

Sochi is currently hosting a display of joint initiatives ‘Eurasia is our Home’. I hope that you, our esteemed media, have gone to see it. There is a large number of projects, and they are being implemented thanks to close cooperation between our countries.

This close cooperation is needed to ensure the technological, economic, and financial sovereignty of our countries. By pooling our expertise and resources we can produce high-quality products on par with the West.

In order to make sure there continues to be an increasing number of these projects, we will give significant support to cooperation and the launch of a funding mechanism at the level of the Union. Mr Myasnikovich, we have agreed on this. It will come into operation at the start of next year. We are drafting regulations for this purpose. We constantly emphasise in our communication with our esteemed colleagues, commission ministers that this needs to be our priority.

As part of its Chairmanship of the bodies of the Eurasian Economic Union, Russia, together with its partners, is continuing its work on all of the major areas of our integration.

We discussed implementing the schedule of priority measures to digitalise rail transportation. It is of utmost importance to the strengthening of our trade and economic cooperation both within the Union and with our foreign partners, in particular with the People’s Republic of China.

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