@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.
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✍️Article 'BRICS and ASEAN: Focus on Food Security and Global Cooperation' by the Ambassador of Russia to Singapore Nikolay Kudashev(August 27, 2024)
🗓 The ASEAN+BRICS Roundtable on Sustainable Trade for Global Food Security, hosted by the Diplomatic Network (Asia) on August 14, 2024, underscored the increasing focus within Southeast Asia and Singapore on fostering collaboration with #BRICS states and their institutional frameworks.
The deliberations centered on refining global governance and sustainable trade practices to enhance and safeguard food security, ensuring the fulfillment of the fundamental human right to adequate nutrition in the contemporary world.
The roundtable convened prominent business leaders alongside ambassadors from BRICS and ASEAN member states, engaging in three interactive panels dedicated to formulating global strategies for sustainable trade and food security.
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The event, the Russian Embassy in Singapore took part in, emphasized the pivotal role that BRICS nations play in fortifying food security and ensuring the resilience of supply chains. These countries possess more than 30% of the world’s agricultural land and occupy a prominent position in the global agricultural market, thanks to the diverse environmental, demographic, and socio-economic conditions within their borders, which foster a wide range of agricultural products.
In 2022, Russia initiated the adoption of the BRICS Strategy on Food Security Cooperation. Looking ahead, BRICS anticipates the implementation of a new four-year plan for Agricultural Cooperation under Brazil’s chairmanship in the coming year. Additionally, Russia has proposed the establishment of a grain trading platform within BRICS — the BRICS Grain Exchange — as a critical mechanism for bolstering food security.
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The foundation of BRICS cooperation is built on principles of equality, mutual respect, openness, and the pursuit of a balanced alignment of interests.
The cooperation within BRICS is anchored on three primary pillars:
• policy and security,
• economy and finance,
• people-to-people and cultural exchanges.
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📈 BRICS countries now constitute 45% of the world’s population (3.6 billion people), account for over 40% of global oil production, and generate approximately a quarter of the world’s goods exports.
According to the International Monetary Fund’s estimates from last year, the combined GDP of the five founding BRICS nations reached $58.9 trillion, representing 33% of global GDP. This figure surpasses the GDP of the G7 by $5 trillion, as the G7 accounts for only 30% of the global GDP.
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As of January 1, 2024, Russia, having prioritized BRICS cooperation within its long-term foreign policy framework, assumed the BRICS chairmanship under the banner of “Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security.” This approach aligns with Russia’s fundamental national interests and complements its strategic objective of fostering a fair multipolar world order, while ensuring equitable opportunities for all nations to develop.
🇷🇺 In the context of the Russian chairmanship, over 200 events of varying scales and formats are scheduled across multiple cities in Russia.
The BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Nizhny Novgorod in June 2024 addressed a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from trade, economic development, and climate change to contemporary geopolitical conflicts, including those in the Middle East, Africa, and concerns in Afghanistan and Haiti.
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The BRICS Summit, scheduled to take place in Kazan on October 22-24, will serve as the cornerstone event of Russia’s BRICS presidency. We anticipate that representatives from all nations interested in advancing cooperation within BRICS will accord significant attention to this summit. Undoubtedly, it is poised to make a substantial contribution to the discourse on addressing the challenges and threats of our time, while also devising collective solutions to global issues and development objectives.
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🎙 Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov’s interview with PIR Center for Policy Studies (May 22, 2024)
Key points:
💬 The interest towards #BRICS has been steadily growing against the backdrop of large-scale geopolitical challenges and dramatic changes taking place in the world today.
• BRICS is seen as one of the pillars of a new, more equitable world order, which is designed to give all countries equal opportunities, to free the states of the Global South and Global East from the role of obedient suppliers of cheap labor and raw materials that the West imposes on them, and to consolidate the right of all nations for preserving their identity, self-determination, independent domestic and foreign policy, and protection of traditional values.
Russia and other BRICS countries fully share this stance and are infavor of an honest partnership that denies any exceptionalism.
• BRICS is an innovative format of interstate cooperation, bringing together different cultures and civilizations, countries with different economic and political systems <...>. Our common goal is a firm commitment to pursuing an independent domestic and foreign policy, defending sovereignty and our national interests.
• As part of Russia’s BRICS Chairmanship in 2024, we intend to continue developing strategic partnership on the basis of consensus and continuity, and work to enhance its role in world affairs. It's also reflected by the motto of the Russian BRICS Year “Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security”.
• The BRICS Summit in October 2024, will be the culmination of the Russian year in BRICS. We intend to continue the tradition of organizing on the sidelines meetings with developing countries. That cooperation within the BRICS framework and its mechanisms of interaction with like-minded nations will enable the voice of the Global South to sound louder and clearer in the international arena, as well as to defend our national interests and the right to choose our own path of development.
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It's a wrap!
🤝The XVI #BRICS Summit (October 22-24) — one of the most important international events of the year — has successfully concluded in Kazan under the Russia's Chairship.
Watch our event recap video and relive the best moments from the Summit 👆
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🛬 October 23 in photos: Heads of Delegations arrive in Kazan to take part in the BRICS Summit and BRICS Plus / Outreach meetings.
Welcome!
🇹🇷 President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan
🇦🇿 President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
🇰🇬 President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov
🇹🇯 President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
🇺🇿 President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev
🇹🇲 President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov
🇻🇳 Prime Minister of VietnamPham Minh Chính
🇸🇦 Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
🇹🇭 Foreign Minister of Thailand Maris Sangiampongsa
🇧🇭 Foreign Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
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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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🛬 Leaders and Heads of Delegations arrive in Kazan to participate in the #BRICS2024 Summit!
Footage shows the welcoming ceremonies for 🇨🇬 President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, 🇮🇩Foreign Minister of Indonesia Sugiono, 🇨🇺 Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla,🇧🇴 Foreign Minister of Bolivia Celinda Sosa Lunda,🇳🇮 Foreign Minister of Nicaragua Valdrack Jaentschke.
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🤝 Russia's President Vladimir Putin and President of the BRICS New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff met on the sidelines of the #BRICS2024 Summit.
📍Kazan, October 22, 2024
🛬 Leaders and Heads of Delegations of the #BRICS2024 Summit countries continue to arrive in Kazan!
Footage shows the greeting ceremonies for Indian Prime Minister 🇮🇳Narendra Modi, South African President 🇿🇦Cyril Ramaphosa, Ethiopian Prime Minister 🇪🇹Abiy Ahmed Ali, Brazilian Foreign Minister 🇧🇷Mauro Vieira.
Welcome!
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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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