🇷🇺🇦🇪 On October 21, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan took part in the opening ceremony of the Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Centre of International Cooperation in Education with the UAE at the Yevgeny Primakov Gymnasium in the Moscow Region.

📚 Russian Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov and UAE Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Russia Mohammed Al Jaber informed the heads of state about the two countries’ cooperation in education. The leaders attended a lesson in Arabic and a workshop on Arabic script, as well as a biology lesson with students of the Russian School in Abu Dhabi, a branch of the Primakov Gymnasium that opened in 2022. Children from the UAE participated in the lesson via videoconference.

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🛬 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.

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🇷🇺🇮🇳 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi held talks on the sidelines of the XVI BRICS Summit (October 22, 2024):

💬 President Vladimir Putin: Mr Prime Minister, friends,

I am delighted to welcome you to Russia, this time to Kazan, a magnificent historical city on the Volga.

I warmly remember your visit to Moscow and our fruitful talks back in July. We regularly speak on the telephone. I am grateful that you accepted our invitation and came to the #BRICS Summit in Kazan in person.

Today we will take part in the opening ceremony of the summit. Later, there will be a dinner for the leaders, and then we will begin our work.

Here in Kazan, we are to make a number of important decisions to enhance the efficiency of efforts made by BRICS and to strengthen multilateral cooperation within the group. We value our cooperation on this track, considering that our nations were instrumental in founding BRICS.

🤝 Russian-Indian relations are characterised by a special privileged strategic partnership and continue to develop actively. Interaction between legislative bodies is strengthening, and our foreign ministers are in constant contact.

📈 Trade is also in good shape. The next meeting of the intergovernmental commission is scheduled for November 12 in New Delhi.

Large projects are consistently developing, and we welcome your decision to open a Consulate General of India in Kazan. Expanding India’s diplomatic presence in Russia will contribute to the further development of bilateral relations.

Mr Prime Minister, we are very glad to see you and your entire representative team in Russia.

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🇷🇺🇿🇦 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa held talks on the sidelines of the XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan (October 22, 2024):

💬 President Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends,

We are delighted to welcome you all to Kazan, Russia.

We are grateful for your decision to take part in the BRICS Summit. Tonight, we will attend the opening ceremony together.

This year, Russia assumed the BRICS chairmanship, taking over from South Africa, and we have built our work taking into account the results achieved at the Johannesburg summit. Our focus has been on the seamless integration of new participants into the multi-level architecture of #BRICS.

🤝 In close contact with our South African friends, we have worked on coordinating the modalities for establishing the partner state status.

The relevant agencies of our countries collaborated in the financial sector to expand the use of national currencies in mutual settlements and to create an independent payment system.

Our bilateral relations are based on the principles of a comprehensive strategic partnership, equality, and mutual respect. Our political dialogue is progressing, and our foreign policy departments and security councils are actively communicating. Interparliamentary cooperation has been established.

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Russia and the Republic of South Africa closely coordinate their efforts on the international stage to establish a fair multipolar world order.

🇷🇺🌍 Russia attaches special significance to strengthening relations with African countries. Collaborative work is underway to implement joint agreements approved at the Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg, notably a declaration and an action plan until 2026.

We look forward to hosting the head of your foreign policy agency in Sochi for the first ministerial conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum, scheduled for November 9–10.

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