📹 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video message to the participants in the 6th BRICS+ Young Diplomats’ Forum (August 28, 2024)
💬 I would like to begin by offering my heartfelt greetings to the participants in the 6th Young Diplomats’ Forum which is taking place in the #BRICSplus format.
It was the Foreign Ministry’s Council of Young Diplomats that initiated the first event of this kind in Ufa as part of Russia’s 2015 chairmanship. Since then, this platform has emerged as an effective tool for promoting horizontal ties between the BRICS foreign ministries.
It is worth noting that Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, has been selected to host the 2024 meeting. It stands at the crossroads of civilisations, and people representing various religions, creeds and ethnic groups have been living here in peace and harmony for many centuries. This offers a vivid example of the way ethnic, religious and cultural diversity can serve as a foundation for promoting long-term development and sustaining mutual understanding. #BRICS countries have been relying on these very principles in their relations.
👉 The Forum’s main topic is The Role of Young Diplomats in Strengthening Multilateralism for Fairness in Global Development and Security. It covers a wide range of major issues for BRICS states, as well as for other like-minded countries. I welcome the fact that all partners share the association’s approaches to working together when responding to present-day global challenges.
BRICS attracts more and more attention, which is a clear sign that our aspirations to build a fairer global architecture in international relations are aligned with deep-running and objective geopolitical shifts. The Global Majority has been very receptive to this vision, which demonstrates that what we do together is highly relevant and important.
I am certain that your forum will contribute in its own way to strengthening the comprehensive partnership, atmosphere of friendship and trust between our countries and their people.
🌐 I wish all the participants every success, good health and fruitful work.
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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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⚡️ 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'.
#BRICS2024
چرا روسری خانم خبرنگار اسپوتنیک در اجلاس بریکس، مورد توجه رسانه ها قرار گرفت؟
🔸 زهرا ایشموخامتووا، خبرنگار اسپوتنیک در ویدئویی توضیح می دهد که چرا روسری او امروز در مرکز مطبوعاتی بریکس در کازان روسیه سر و صدای زیادی به پا کرد.
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📱 ما را در سایت و تلگرام اسپوتنیک دنبال کنید 👇
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📹 The #BRICS2024 Summit starts today!
📍Kazan, Russia
The main venue – Kazan Expo International Exhibition Center – is tingling in anticipation of the many foreign guests 🤗
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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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⚡️#Day1 of the #BRICS Ministerial in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod has concluded.
First plenary session, dozens of bilateral meetings and talks (check our feed).
Here's a snippet and a sneak peak into the amazing atmosphere of BRICS cooperation.
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🌐 On October 10, Moscow hosted a high-level seminar as part of the financial track of the Russian #BRICS Chairmanship.
🔘The event was attended by Finance Ministers and Heads of Central Banks of the association, and its main topic was the improvement of the international monetary and financial system.
💬 During the meeting, the participants discussed prospects for the development of the global economy, the current state of the BRICS countries’ economies, issues of customs and tax cooperation, launch of the BRICS research network on finance, interaction in the payment sector, etc.
📊 At the plenary session, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov presented a report on reforming the global financial architecture based on four key principles — security, independence, accessibility and sustainability.
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🇷🇺🇮🇷 Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkianheld a meeting on the sidelines of the #BRICS Summit in Kazan.
💬Vladimir Putin: This visit to Russia is yourfirst as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and this has great symbolic importance.
Iran has become a full participant of BRICS, and you know that we strongly supported your application. Earlier, we also vigorously promoted your accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. This has given us additional opportunities for cooperation in the international arena.
Recently, we had a very substantive and, I am sure, useful meeting in Ashgabat, where we reviewed the main aspects of bilateral cooperation and the most relevant regional issues. Most importantly, we reaffirmed our policy of mutually strengthening ties in every possible way. Our interaction is on the rise; it is genuinely friendly and constructive. Soon we will be able to consolidate the results achieved with a new major interstate agreement on comprehensive strategic partnership between Russia and Iran.
We are grateful to you for accepting the invitation to pay a separate visit to our country to sign this document and other important documents in a ceremonial atmosphere.
As I said in Ashgabat, one of our priorities is to consolidate the emerging positive trends in trade and economic cooperation. We expect this issue to be addressed by the intergovernmental commission, chaired by our Minister of Energy, Mr Tsivilev, and Iranian Minister of Petroleum Mohsen Paknejad.
Other priorities include the implementation of major joint initiatives such as the development of Iranian railway infrastructure as part of promoting a major project, the International North-South Transport Corridor project, as well as the construction of the second and third power units at the Bushehr NPP.
📊 Indeed, the Free Trade Agreement signed between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union at the close of 2023 significantly contributes to the expansion of economic ties.
Cultural and humanitarian cooperation is likewise making good progress. Notably, an intergovernmental agreement concerning the establishment and operation of cultural centres came into effect in July of this year. Moreover, the visa-free regime for organised groups of tourists, operational since August of the previous year, is actively fostering an increase in mutual tourist exchange – a 52-percent growth was observed in 2023.
Today, we will continue our discussions on the most pressing international issues, including the dramatic developments in the Middle East, as well as the situations in Syria and the South Caucasus.
🤝 Generally speaking, I would like to emphasise that the approaches of Russia and Iran towards the global agenda are closely aligned or fully coincide. We are united by a shared aspiration to establish a just multipolar world order, to uphold international norms, and to maintain the pivotal role of the United Nations.
I would also like to take this opportunity to extend my greetings and best wishes to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. We hold in high regard his attentive and constructive approach to the development of Russian-Iranian relations.
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