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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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🛬 The President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Kazan. The Belarusian leader was greeted in a solemn and friendly atmosphere by the head of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov.

Welcome!

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