Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov presented President Vladimir Putin’s Greater Eurasian Partnership as a basis for developing regional relations, in an interview with Pakistan’s The News International newspaper, which is posted on the ministry website. https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4666211
“We have common interests, above all, ensuring security and improving the quality of life of the peoples of our countries,” he said. “A unifying agenda is being promoted by the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin to develop Greater Eurasian Partnership. Participation in it is open to all states of the continent, including the members of the EAEU, SCO, ASEAN, as well as, in case there is such interest, the European Union.”
Putin had first presented the Greater Eurasian Partnership at the APEC Summit in Vietnam in 2017, where he called for partnering of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
