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#BRICS2024 🇷🇺🇲🇷President of RussiaVladimir Putin and President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouaniheld talks on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan (October 24, 2024) 💬Vladimir Putin: Mr President, I am delighted to meet with you. We appreciate your decision to personally visit Kazan not only as head of state but also as chairperson of the African Union, and to attend the BRICS Summit’s events. 🌍 The strengthening of cooperation with the dynamically developing African countries is one of BRICS priorities in the outreach format. Mauritania’s representatives took an active part in the group’s events organised during Russia’s chairmanship this year. Russia has developed close and constructive relations with the African Union. We appreciate the practical activities of that organisation in politics and the economy, as well as in ensuring security on the African continent. We welcome the African Union’s decision to join the G20 as a full member. For our part, we are providing all-round assistance to this process. 📈Russia’s trade with Africa is growing with each passing year. It increased by over 30 percent in 2023 and continued to grow this year. From January to July, our mutual trade increased by another 25 percent year on year. The two #RussiaAfrica summits, which were held with the direct and proactive assistance of the African Union, one in Sochi in 2019 and the other in St Petersburg in 2023, have given a fresh impetus to the further development of Russia’s relations with African countries. We are actively working together to implement the important documents adopted as a result of these summits. 🤝 As for our bilateral relations, Russia & Mauritania developed close ties back in the middle of the 20th century, and we continue to strengthen them on the principles of friendship, mutual respect and a balance of national interests. This year, we will mark the 60th anniversary of our diplomatic relations. We have accumulated a wealth of positive experience in the area of mutually beneficial cooperation over that period. We maintain regular political dialogue at various levels. Our foreign ministers keep in touch with each other. We are working consistently to strengthen the legal framework of our relationship. We have developed close ties in education. We have trained over 3,500 Mauritanian professionals. Mr President, we are delighted by the growing interest of your young people in studying in Russia. 🌐 Russia and Mauritania often take a common stance on the international stage, which helps us develop our relations on the same basis within the framework of the BRICS Plus/Outreach format. Mr President, we highly value your support for Russia’s initiatives at the UN and other multilateral forums and venues. #RussiaMauritania