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🎙️ Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Rossiya Segodnya November 5, 2024 #BRICS 🔹 The 16th BRICS summit in Kazan came as a landmark international event not only of the year, but in recent history as well. Its success highlighted the futility of attempts to isolate Russia internationally, which some of our foreign policy opponents have recurred to in an attempt to put our country under pressure. 🔹 At the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, delegations from 35 Asian, African, Middle Eastern, European, and Latin American countries,as well as heads of executive bodies from the UN, the Union State, the EAEU, the CIS, and the SCO, and the president of the New Development Bank, came to Kazan. According to the participants, the summit took place in an atmosphere of friendship, openness, and mutual respect <…>. 🔹The outcomes and the plans are clearly outlined in the Kazan Declaration which is the summit’s joint document. Among other points, it clearly laid out the participating countries’ commitment to promote positive changes in the global economy and politics with an eye towards building a fairer and more balanced international order, reforming global governance institutions, and effectively addressing global challenges. 🔹The declaration also laid out specific and practical results of cooperation, including the BRICS Grain Exchange, the Contact Group on Climate and Sustainable Development, the Working Group on Nuclear Medicine, the Geological Platform, and the Investment Platform. 🔹 I would like to turn a spotlight on the parts of the declaration that discuss adapting the global monetary system to existing realities, enhancing the role of developing nations, stepping up interbank cooperation, raising the share of national currencies in payments, and establishing independent payment platforms and insurance mechanisms within BRICS. Ultimately, all of the above will help create a payment network that is resistant to external risks, which, as we sensed during the summit, is what non-Western countries are increasingly interested in. #ThePalestinianIsraeliConflict 🔹Shortly after the beginning of the Israeli operation in Gaza, we coordinated with our BRICS partners and other like-minded nations to submit a draft resolution to the UN Security Council, calling for an end to military actions and for unhindered humanitarian access to Gaza. However, this resolution was blocked by the United States and its allies. 🔹 <…> this negotiation process has stalled, and the situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate. Furthermore, regional tensions are escalating, with the conflict already spreading to Lebanon and sporadic flare-ups reaching Syria, Iraq, and even Iran. #ElectionsInGeorgia 🔹 The United States and the EU are artificially trying to frame the current electoral process in Georgia as a strategic choice between Russia and the West, thereby attempting to present Georgia and other post-Soviet states with a false dilemma. #RussianMFA