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🎙 President of Russia Vladimir Putin's remarks at the Plenary Session of the XVI BRICS Summit in the BRICS Plus/Outreach format(Kazan, October 24, 2024)
👉 In full
💬Vladimir Putin: I am delighted to welcome all of you to the BRICS Plus/Outreach-format meeting. This inclusive platform has proven its worth by enabling the BRICS group participants to engage in a direct and open dialogue with their friends and partners. <...>
According to our agenda, we will discuss the most pressing issues the international community is facing today, including sustainable development, eradication of poverty, climate change adaptation, exchanging technology and knowledge, fighting terrorism and transborder crime.
We will focus particularly on the peaceful resolution of conflicts, certainly including a serious discussion of the deteriorating situation in the Middle East.
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#MultipolarWorld
🌐 All our countries share similar aspirations, values and a vision of a new democratic world order that reflects cultural and civilisational diversity. We are confident that such a system should be guided by the universal principles of respect for the legitimate interests and sovereign choice of nations, respect for international law and a spirit of mutually beneficial, honest co-operation.
☝️ The transition to a more just international system is not easy. Its development is being hampered by forces whose thinking and actions continue to be aimed at dominating everything and everyone. Under the guise of a rule-based order they are imposing on the world, they are actually attempting to contain growing competition and prevent the independent development of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America that they cannot control.
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#MiddleEast
The current round of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation is probably one of the most sanguinary in the long list of conflicts. Over 40,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in the ongoing hostilities in the Gaza Strip. I would like to emphasise that we have always come out against the use of terrorist methods. <...>
Since the start of the escalation, we have joined forces with our BRICS and other partners to contribute to a settlement. <...>
I would like to repeat that the main condition for restoring peace and stability in the Palestinian territories is the realisation of the two-state formula approved by the UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions.
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#EurasianSecurity
The countries represented in this room have immense opportunities and resources at their disposal and play a prominent role on the international stage. They have been using their standing to enhance global security and promote sustainable development around the world. <...>
Russia advocated the idea of creating an inclusive system of equitable and indivisible security for Eurasia free from any discrimination.
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#UnitedNations
🇺🇳 The UN must retain its central role in efforts to maintain peace and security and facilitate sustainable and steady development.
To ensure the effective functioning of the UN in the future, we believe it is important to adapt its structures to the realities of the 21st century, expanding the representation of countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America, including those whose leaders are present here, in the Security Council and other key international bodies.
An effort to reform UN development institutions and global financial structures has long been overdue. <...>
The founding fathers of the United Nations believed that its purpose was to enable nations to come together and agree on joint actions.
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❗️Russia, like all BRICS countries, is open to cooperation with all countries of the Global South and East to promote inclusive and sustainable development and ultimately build a better world.
@RusEmbMalta Press release:
🎙️ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov's interview to the newspaper "Arguments and Facts" (October 21, 2024)
Key points:
🔹BRICS epitomises the shifts that have long been underway in the global economy. New centres of economic growth are emerging, and alongside them comes financial influence, which in turn brings political influence.
🔹BRICS is a consortium where no single nation leads or is led, devoid of the bureaucratic machinery akin to that observed in Brussels, where EU officials impose decisions that contravene the will and interests of several member states.
🔹 Nations such as India, Brazil, and African representatives should have long held permanent seats on the Security Council. This is essential to ensure representation of the World Majority.
🔹 We suggest discussing the Eurasian continent-wide security architecture, emphasising the fact that its doors will be open to everyone.
Read in full here.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during expanded-format talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus Sergey Aleinik(Minsk, June 24, 2024)
💬Sergey Lavrov: It is always a pleasure to be among friends on the hospitable Belarusian land in Minsk.
In addition to excellent conditions for joint work (we have a lot on our agenda), Minsk offers excellent opportunity to communicate with old acquaintances and comrades as well.
Thank you for expressing condolences in connection with yesterday’s terrorist attack in Sevastopol. There was another terrorist attack with casualties in Dagestan. The relevant competent authorities are doing their best to swiftly identify the perpetrators and those who ordered the attack.
We have no doubt that the United States and its Ukrainian underlings are involved in it. The weapons supplied by Washington to the Ukrainian regime were used in the attack. These weapons cannot be used without the direct involvement of the US military, including their satellite capabilities.
You have emphasised the importance of preserving historical memory no matter what. This applies to the terrorist threat which does not subside on the ground, including with regard to our respective countries, and the memory of the Great Patriotic War, which has come under attack from numerous angles. Attempts are being made to rewrite history, and to equate the victor and the aggressor. Monuments are being torn down, and Nazi criminals are being glorified.
Key talking points:
• During the recent “summit on peace in Ukraine” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shouted out Nazi slogans, and no one, including “neutral” Swiss hosts, dared to call him to order.
• Our interaction is more valuable than ever given the circumstances. In recent years, it has reached unprecedented heights.
• This is my third trip to Minsk and our sixth meeting this year. We know there will be more this year. I appreciate the invitation to attend the second Minsk Conference on Eurasian Security, which will be held on October 31-November 1. We will definitely be there.
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#EurasianSecurity
🇷🇺🌍 The #BRICS2024 Summit is a perfect illustration of the international paradigm shift, a French politician says
What we hear in the West, particularly in France, is that Russia is isolated, but when you arrive here in Russia, you find yourself with 50% of the world's population, Sébastien Périmony, Member of the Africa office of the French Solidarity and Progress party, told Sputnik Africa on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit.
🗣 "So we can see that the world is turning towards the East, towards Asia, towards the BRICS. This summit is a perfect illustration of this international paradigm shift, in which the global majority is increasingly united against a minority that is the bankrupt and increasingly war-mongering West," Sébastien Périmony stated.
Earlier, Vladimir Putin declared that the share of the BRICS in the world economy, in terms of purchasing power parity, will reach 36.7% in 2024, which exceeds that of the G7 countries.
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⚡️ Foreign delegations of the BRICS nations and like-minded states are arriving in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, ahead of the BRICS Ministerial (June 10-11).
Guests are greeted in the most cordial manner and, as per ancient Russian tradition, are welcomed as dear friends, with 'bread and salt'.
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@RusEmbMalta Press release:
On the outcomes of the #BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia
The 16th BRICS Summit (October 22-24, 2024, Kazan, Russia) has concluded with great success. It marked the culmination of Russia's chairmanship of the group and was one of the significant events on the global political calendar.
On the final day of the Summit, October, 24, a Plenary Session of the 16th BRICS Summit in the BRICS Plus/Outreach format was held, bringing together leaders from CIS countries, delegations for Asian, African, Middle Eastern and Latin American countries, as well as several international organisations at the level of heads of their executive bodies.
🎙️Following the results of the XVI BRICS Summit President Vladimir Putin held a Press conference.
📄 The BRICS leaders adopted the Kazan summit declaration, which summed up the results of the meeting and Russia’s chairmanship in the association.
Read in full here.
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@RusEmbMalta Press release:
🎙️Interview of Russia's President Vladimir Putin to TV host and Rossiya Segodnya Director General Dmitry Kiselev
💬 Key talking points:
#MultipolarWorld
• Many people in the world are looking at us, at what is happening in our country and in our struggle for our interests.
#Ukraine
• Are we ready to negotiate? We are. But we are not ready for talks that are based on some kind of ”wishful thinking“, but we are ready for talks based on the realities that have developed on the ground.
• I have said many times that it [achieving the goals of the special military operation and resolving the conflict] is a matter of life and death for us, while for them it is a matter of improving their tactical position in the world on the whole as well as maintaining their status among their allies in Europe in particular.
Read in full: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president
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🛬 President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China arrived in Kazan, was warmly greeted by the Russian Side, including the Head of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Mininkhanov.
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