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News & Politics Russia: Presentation of foreign ambassadors’ letters of credence November 19, 2014 The Kremlin, Moscow. Vladimir Putin received the letters of credence of 15 new foreign ambassadors to Russia in a ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace’s Alexander Hall. The President received letters of credence from the new ambassadors of Djibouti, the Central African Republic, Eritrea, Poland, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ghana, Vietnam, the United States of America, Zambia, Turkey, Tanzania, Hungary, Peru, Nicaragua and Uzbekistan. * * * PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure to congratulate you on the start of your important diplomatic missions in Russia. I wish you success and hope that your work will help to develop bilateral relations and cooperation in all different areas between Russia and your countries. Friends, as you know, a number of big international events have taken place recently, in which Russia played a very active part. I am referring to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum’s summit in Beijing and the Group of 20 Leaders’ Summit in Brisbane, as well as the BRICS leaders’ meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit. We also had useful bilateral contacts with various countries’ leaders, including leaders of some of the countries you represent. Our work together took place in a constructive spirit and produced good results. We concentrated in particular on how to stabilise the global economy, ensure sustained growth and create conditions for building up broad-based and multifaceted international cooperation. The agreements reached in Brisbane, including on launching the global infrastructure initiative, establishing the global infrastructure hub, tackling unemployment and reforming international economic institutions, will all help to resolve the financial and economic problems before us today. We take the view that development of trade and economic ties within APEC should aim to create organisations that will complement the cooperation mechanisms already in place and not divide participating countries but, on the contrary, help us to unite in a common effort. In this respect, I particularly want to note Russia’s growing economic cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region countries and say that this is long-term, strategic cooperation. We take the view that this will help to develop parts of Russia, such as Siberia and the Far East. At the same time, we are equally interested in developing our cooperation with both the East and the West. This is the logic at the foundation of the Eurasian Economic Union, which will start its work on January 1, 2015. Our strategic goal remains unchanged: to eventually create a single economic and humanitarian space from the Atlantic to the Pacific. *** *[Photo & Video Credits: the Presidential Press & Information Office] [KEY: Russia, Sergey Lavrov, ambassadors, Djibouti, the Central African Republic, Eritrea, Poland, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ghana, Vietnam, the United States of America, Zambia, Turkey, Tanzania, Hungary, Peru, Nicaragua, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, turmoil, Conflict, Military, Opposition, Politics, Security, Ukraine Violence, Україна, Росія, News & Politics]

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