President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin participates via videoconference in the plenary session of the first Eurasian Economic Forum, which is being held in BishkekMOSCOW, May 26. The development of Eurasian integration is not connected with the current political situation in the world, but with global economic trends, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. According to him, building relations with immediate, natural neighbors became the highest priority even within the Soviet Union «We already started building relations then, and I'll talk about this a little later, within the framework of the so-called great Eurasian partnership, and this was not due to the political situation, it was due to global economic trends in the world. In connection with the fact that that the center of economic development is gradually, and we know this very well, and business representatives know this, is moving, and this movement continues until now, to the Asia-Pacific region,» Putin said, speaking at the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum. business will occupy the niches of departed Western companies
