"I am pleased to welcome you all. Today, as is customary, we will summarize the results of the past year and consider a number of important decisions prepared for our approval, aimed at further deepening interaction within the EAEU. Of course, we will also discuss current issues," the Russian leader said at the opening of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.
The EAEU has firmly established itself as a self-sufficient center of the emerging multipolar world, Putin added.
"I hope that today's meeting of the Supreme Eurasian [Economic] Council will be productive and will allow us to make significant progress on all issues of mutual interest," Putin said.