Svetlana Smirnova “From Trust in People to Trust in Economies, Nations and States”

27/04/2023 13:09

On April 26, a panel session "Eurasian Partnership: Dialogue of Leaders" was held as part of the Central Asia International Industrial Exhibition INNOPROM in the city of Tashkent of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The event was organized by the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly with the support of the Assembly of Peoples of Russia and the SCO Public Diplomacy Center in Uzbekistan.

Interest in the topic of the panel session on the Eurasian partnership through a dialogue of leaders united representatives of state authorities, non-governmental organizations, the business community, academia from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, India, France, Benin, Macedonia.

Opening the panel session, the First Deputy Secretary General - Head of the General Secretariat of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly Svetlana Smirnova noted:

“Any economic interaction, business cooperation, is possible only in an atmosphere and in a space of trust. We, the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly say at all venues that, indeed, trust is the basis, the guarantee of any cooperation: from the trust in people to the trust in economies, to the trust in nations, to the trust in states.”

In particular, the panel session was attended by: Sergey Glazyev, Member of the Board (Minister) for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Member of the Supreme Advisory Council of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly; Vladimir Padalko, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation; Roman Genkel, Deputy Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra, Director of the Economic Development Department of the Government of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra; Dalbir Singh, President of the Foundation for Policy and Governance, member of the Supreme Advisory Council of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly; Komil Ikromov, Chairman of the Agribusiness Association, Deputy Chairman for Agro-Industry of the Assembly of Economy of Uzbekistan; Alisher Khakimov, representative of the KazakhExport Export Insurance Company in the Republic of Uzbekistan; Ismail Kamalov, Commercial Director of Perfeet Partner Print LLC; Sreten Kotsesky, Chairman, Executive Director of the Community Development Institute of the National Umbrella (Head) Association for Sustainable Development, Education and Social Services; Alexander Ageev, Deputy Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly, General Director of the Institute for Economic Strategies; Konstantin Krokhin, Chairman of the Commission for Foreign Economic Cooperation with Partners in the Republic of Uzbekistan of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Serge Phocas Odunlamy, President of the Foundation "Center for Business Development and Cooperation with Russia", Head of the Department of African Countries of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly; Rakhimjon Nurnazarov, Director of FLAMPOWER GNR; Didier Schaudesaugues, President of the Russian-French Economic Chamber, Deputy Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly; Stanislav Korolev, Deputy Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly, Director of the National Center for Public Diplomacy of the SCO, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Analytical Center.

Modern challenges are the reason for closer cooperation between the countries of Eurasia. It is very important to coordinate actions between countries, to find a common solution to problems. This difficult task must be solved by the leaders of the countries of the Eurasian community, they are the locomotive of movement along the path of economic and cultural integration. The development of mutual contacts contributes to the formation of a common atmosphere of trust on the Eurasian continent.

Thus, a member of the Board (Minister) for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission Sergey Glazyev emphasized in his speech:

“In the EAEU, all decisions are made by consensus, and the EEC does not impose anything on anyone. Relationships are based on trust, and this style of work is a hallmark of the association and a model for future economic regional integration for the whole world.”

And the most important area of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly activity, related to the issues of integration in the economic sphere, is exactly - "From the trust in people to the trust in economies."

Within the panel session, an interested conversation took place about culture, leadership, trust through the prism of economic relations. Such discussions are extremely important, they help to make our future safer and more promising.