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🇷🇺🇨🇳 On the sidelines of the XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan, Vladimir Putin met with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping (October 22, 2024)

💬 President Vladimir Putin: Mr President, esteemed friend!

Chinese comrades and friends,

I extend a warm welcome to all of you here in Russia, particularly in the Republic of Tatarstan, in Kazan, the capital of the Republic. This region is distinctive, fascinating, and rapidly developing within our nation. The people of this region, known for their industriousness and talent, can indeed take pride in their significant achievements and developmental progress.

I would like to extend my personal congratulations once again to you, my dear friend, to all our Chinese friends, and to the amicable Chinese people, on the recently celebrated anniversaries. I refer to the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries.

Over the past 75 years, Russian-Chinese relations have attained the level of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation. We can assert with complete confidence that these relations have become a paradigm of how inter-state relations should be constructed in the modern world. Our multifaceted cooperation is characterised by equality, mutual benefit, and an absolutely non-conformist nature.

📈 After last year’s record in mutual trade, Russia and China have maintained dynamic economic growth and economic interaction despite the negative external impact. According to our data, bilateral trade increased by 4.5 percent in January-August. <...>

The agreements reached at our talks in Beijing in May and the meeting on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Astana are being consistently implemented.

🤝 We are successfully executing joint projects in energy, industry, high technology, transportation, agriculture and many other domains.

A new logistics centre has been built here in Tatarstan, named after Deng Xiaoping. This centre facilitates cargo transportation between our countries.

Humanitarian ties are also growing stronger, and cultural events are taking place as part of cross-year programmes. A total of 40 such events are planned on both sides.

Mutual tourist flows, sports and educational exchanges are growing as well. As I was getting about the Kremlin yesterday, I saw large groups of Chinese tourists right there, in the heart of Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, as has been invariably the case in recent months and years.

❗️ Russian-Chinese cooperation in global affairs is one of the main stabilising factors in the international arena. We intend to further expand coordination at all multilateral platforms to ensure global security and promote a fairer world order.

We value the traditionally high level of Russia-China cooperation within #BRICS. Over the years of our joint work, the group’s influence and prestige has considerably grown. We intend to further strengthen that entity, and we did everything we could in this regard while Russia was chairing it.

After our meeting, the leaders of the BRICS countries will meet at dinner tonight, for the first time in a new, enlarged composition. <...>

I am glad of this opportunity to meet with you before the summit, to make sure we are on the same page and discuss the bilateral agenda and international issues.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Welcome.

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🛬 President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro arrived in Kazan, was warmly greeted by the Russian Side, gave a media comment shortly after.

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🗓 On 22 October, ahead of the #BRICS Summit, a gala concert of soloists from BRICS countries was held in the Column Hall of the Kazan City Hall.

🎼 Laureates of international and Russian competitions, singers of leading theatres and creative groups of the BRICS countries, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of Musa Jalil Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre, performed for the leaders of the BRICS countries.

Among the performers:

🇷🇺 Pavel Milyukov
🇨🇳 Zhang Mengwen
🇮🇳 Anando Mukerjee
🇧🇷 José Gallisa
🇿🇦 Siyabulela Ntlale

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🛬 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Kazan. He was warmly welcomed at the airport, in accordance with long-standing Russian and Tatar traditions. As a guest of honour, the Secretary-General was treated to the famous Russian bread and salt.

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🇷🇺🇪🇬 On October 22, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi held talks on the sidelines of the #BRICS Summit.

💬 Vladimir Putin: Thank you for attending the BRICS forum. The fact that you are taking part in it having completed the formal accession procedure during Russia’s chairmanship of this group sends quite a powerful signal.

In fact, Russia has been paying special attention to expanding its friendly ties with Egypt, its long-standing and reliable partner. Last year, we marked the 80th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between our two countries.

We have been promoting our multifaceted bilateral relations across various domains based on the Treaty on Comprehensive Partnership and Strategic Cooperation, and have generated steady momentum in terms of our trade and economic relations. Egypt accounts for almost one third of Russia-Africa trade. In 2023, it increased by 16.4 percent, and this growth not only spilled over into 2024 but also accelerated.

We continue carrying out major joint projects, including the construction of the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant and a Russian industrial zone. The effort to draft a free trade agreement between the Arab Republic and the Eurasian Economic Union is underway.

🤝 We have been maintaining regular and meaningful political dialogue at various levels. By the way, we are looking forward to seeing your foreign minister in Sochi on November 9 and 10 at the first ministerial conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum. It is our hope that you will issue the relevant instructions.

Our interparliamentary cooperation is growing stronger. We are paying considerable attention to developing our ties in education. We have allocated 318 places for your students for the 2024–2025 academic year.

Russia and Egypt have similar approaches to many current global issues, and we appreciate our cooperation at UN platforms.

The main events of the summit will begin tomorrow, and today we have an opportunity to discuss our bilateral relations, the Summit itself, and other issues of mutual interest.

My dear friend, I am happy to see you. Welcome to Russia!

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