President Putin with Kazakhstan\'s President Nursultan Nazarbayev (left in the foreground), Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (right in the background).
President Vladimir Putin described the work that had been done on preparing the documents as “impressive.” These are framework documents, to a large degree, and are the result of a compromise that suits all sides.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that all the documents, statements by the Presidents, the agreement on establishing the common economic space and its conception are all now ready for signature.