Wang Ye also personally attended and led this meeting, which was actually held at his suggestion.
At the meeting, Wang Ye proposed the concept of the "Eastern European Union."
The idea was to reference the model of the European Union, closely linking the economies of all member countries of the Economic Mutual Assistance Organization!
Members mutually exempt each other from visas and tariffs; nationals of each country can freely move within the Eastern European Union for employment, work, study, and business, and enjoy the local national policies.
By then, the distinction might just lie in the nationality listed on the passport, everything else would be the same...
Of course, in this union, Russian naturally becomes the official general language, as it is already the most widely used language in the region of Eastern Europe.
The reason Wang Ye proposed the concept of the "Eastern European Union" at this time was that he felt the "timing" was nearly right.