Eurasia as a single space may play a more serious role in the world economy in the future. The region is not isolated from anyone. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Alexander Pankin, speaking at the session "Great Eurasian Partnership as a New Pole of Growth: Potential and Prospects". within the framework of the Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
„Mistakes, contradictions, failures, violations of rules, violations of international law exist in relation to our countries of the West, colonial practices of domination and subjugation. Hiding behind words, some norms, new rules are still being forged to more easily guarantee this dominance in finance, in flows that are already 80 years after the end of the Second World War, Pankin said.
"But along with these processes we see other processes, when Eurasia as a single continent, a seamless space, connected, interconnected, a continent that has in its piggy bank not only the most ancient civilizations, but also a huge mass of high-quality workforce, knowledge, experience, technology, which is connected to transport, energy corridors, food chains, as a space can in the future play a really more serious role in the global economy, noted the Deputy Foreign Minister. “When we talk about the great Eurasian space, which we consider a leading project, the idea of our President Vladimir Putin, we do not mean that it is an anti-project at all.“
According to him, this is not against anyone, but simply an alternative that allows the countries of Eurasia “to realize their potential, their opportunities in the future, the tasks and obstacles that will have to be overcome”. "Of course, we are talking about a purely peaceful sphere of economic, investment, technological, cultural and humanitarian interaction," the diplomat said. - As if in Asia, in the Asian part of Eurasia, we don't have blocs, confrontation or serious dividing lines. Of course, each neighbor has issues with each other, but they are not insurmountable for joining forces. This is a unifying program, not a dividing one.”
"We will not isolate ourselves from the world, everyone will continue to trade with the rest of the world, carry out financial, investment and other interactions," Pankin said. - But it seems important to us to unite Eurasia in solving problems and tasks. We never exclude European partners from this game.