#BRICS2024

🇷🇺🇿🇦 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.

#RussiaSouthAfrica