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🇷🇺🇮🇳 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister of India Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (#SCO) Heads of State Council meeting.
📍 Astana, July 3
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📍 Astana, July 3
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🗓 On June 27, Russian delegation 🇷🇺 held its first expert consultations in digital sphere with ASEAN (#ADGSOM-ATRC Joint Working Group Meeting with Russia) in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam 🇧🇳.
🔹️Participants discussed relevant draft Work Plan and outlined main areas of cooperation and further steps in developing ASEAN-Russia ties in digital sphere.
🔹️Participants discussed relevant draft Work Plan and outlined main areas of cooperation and further steps in developing ASEAN-Russia ties in digital sphere.
🗓 On July 2, delegation of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation 🇷🇺 headed by the Rear Admiral Konstantin Zadorin took part in the #ASEAN Regional Forum Security Policy Conference (#ASPC) in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR 🇱🇦.
🔹️Russian delegation conveyed to the participants the position of the Russian Ministry of Defence on the current military-political situation in the world and the Asia-Pacific region. Rear Admiral Konstantin Zadorin also presented assessments of potential threats to international and regional security calling ARF participants to follow the key principles of ASEAN-led mechanisms to ensure collective security through constructive, equal and mutually beneficial dialogue.
🔹️On the sidelines of the conference, a number of bilateral meeting with delegations of Indonesia 🇮🇩, China 🇨🇳, Laos 🇱🇦, Malaysia 🇲🇾, and Thailand 🇹🇭 were held.
#ARF #ASPC #ASEAN
🔹️Russian delegation conveyed to the participants the position of the Russian Ministry of Defence on the current military-political situation in the world and the Asia-Pacific region. Rear Admiral Konstantin Zadorin also presented assessments of potential threats to international and regional security calling ARF participants to follow the key principles of ASEAN-led mechanisms to ensure collective security through constructive, equal and mutually beneficial dialogue.
🔹️On the sidelines of the conference, a number of bilateral meeting with delegations of Indonesia 🇮🇩, China 🇨🇳, Laos 🇱🇦, Malaysia 🇲🇾, and Thailand 🇹🇭 were held.
#ARF #ASPC #ASEAN
📢 On July 3, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to #ASEAN H.E. Mr. Evgeny Zagaynov 🇷🇺 took part in the Second Meeting of the Group of the East Asia Summit (#EAS) Participating Countries' Ambassadors to ASEAN (EAS Group Meeting) held in Cianjur, Indonesia 🇮🇩.
🔹️Russian Ambassador undelined the important role of this platform in implementing EAS Leader's decisions and promoting tangible cooperation between the EAS Participating Countries.
🔹️On the same day H.E. Mr. Evgeny Zagaynov and Deputy Director-General of the Department of Asia and Pacific Cooperation of the Russian MFA Mr. Timur Zevakhin 🇷🇺 took part in the #EAS Group Retreat on Regional Security and Cooperation. Russian delegation came up with several ideas on the ways to enhance the effectiveness of the EAS process.
#EAS
🔹️Russian Ambassador undelined the important role of this platform in implementing EAS Leader's decisions and promoting tangible cooperation between the EAS Participating Countries.
🔹️On the same day H.E. Mr. Evgeny Zagaynov and Deputy Director-General of the Department of Asia and Pacific Cooperation of the Russian MFA Mr. Timur Zevakhin 🇷🇺 took part in the #EAS Group Retreat on Regional Security and Cooperation. Russian delegation came up with several ideas on the ways to enhance the effectiveness of the EAS process.
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✈️🎫 ASEAN and Russia 🇷🇺 are proud to announce the launch of the initiative “Expanding Business Contacts between Russia and ASEAN Countries’ Tourism Enterprises through Russian Language Training and Experience Exchange” - a landmark program designed to foster mutual understanding, enhance cultural exchange, and strengthen ties between ASEAN Member States and Russia. This initiative, funded by the ASEAN-Russia Dialogue Partnership Fund (#ARDPF), is taking place from July to August 2024.
🔹️The project aims to strengthen ties between tourism enterprises in Russia and ASEAN by offering targeted Russian language training and promoting experience exchange.
🔹️Within the framework of the project around 50 participants (in 2 batches) from all ASEAN Member States will get a full-time study of the Russian language, culture, history and cuisine. They will take part in excursions and practices aimed at better understanding the Russian tourist market, studying of the peculiarity of working with Russian tourists’ groups including the methods of attraction of Russian tourists, as well as providing tourist services at a high level.
🔹️This initiative also includes familiarization tours, master classes, workshops and round table discussions with major Russian tour operators, tour agencies and leading hotels in order to get all necessary recommendations for attracting ASEAN countries’ tourists to Russia and share information on new Russian tourist products.
🚩Started in 2010 with an online language course for tour operators from ASEAN, through the years this initiative has been developed into a comprehensive program that includes not only language studies, but also history, culture and field visits in Russia. As a result, more than 160 professionals from ASEAN returned to their countries as Russian speaking tour operators, guides, and hoteliers and now work with Russian tourists, as well as promote Russian tourism products in the region.
🤝The project's outcome is expected to be an increase in mutual tourist flows through the development and implementation of new and interesting tourist products, ensuring a comfortable and safe stay for tourists, introducing new technologies and methods of working with tourists, and improving the linguistic competence of industry staff from ASEAN Member States.
🔹️The project aims to strengthen ties between tourism enterprises in Russia and ASEAN by offering targeted Russian language training and promoting experience exchange.
🔹️Within the framework of the project around 50 participants (in 2 batches) from all ASEAN Member States will get a full-time study of the Russian language, culture, history and cuisine. They will take part in excursions and practices aimed at better understanding the Russian tourist market, studying of the peculiarity of working with Russian tourists’ groups including the methods of attraction of Russian tourists, as well as providing tourist services at a high level.
🔹️This initiative also includes familiarization tours, master classes, workshops and round table discussions with major Russian tour operators, tour agencies and leading hotels in order to get all necessary recommendations for attracting ASEAN countries’ tourists to Russia and share information on new Russian tourist products.
🚩Started in 2010 with an online language course for tour operators from ASEAN, through the years this initiative has been developed into a comprehensive program that includes not only language studies, but also history, culture and field visits in Russia. As a result, more than 160 professionals from ASEAN returned to their countries as Russian speaking tour operators, guides, and hoteliers and now work with Russian tourists, as well as promote Russian tourism products in the region.
🤝The project's outcome is expected to be an increase in mutual tourist flows through the development and implementation of new and interesting tourist products, ensuring a comfortable and safe stay for tourists, introducing new technologies and methods of working with tourists, and improving the linguistic competence of industry staff from ASEAN Member States.
🗓 On June 30 - July 5 and June 20-21, representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation 🇷🇺 took part in the 14th ASEANAPOL Contact Persons Meeting (#ACPM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 🇲🇾 and the 12th ASEANAPOL Training Cooperation Meeting (#ATCM) in Vientiane, Laos 🇱🇦.
🔹️Russian delegates undelined the important role #ASEANAPOL plays in strengthening cooperation and information exchange between law-enforcement agencies of the countries of the region in the sphere of combating terrorism, extremism and transnational organized crime.
🔹️The Russian side reaffirmed its commitment to further promote ties with ASEANAPOL including by enhancing capacity building efforts through increasing the quantity and widening the scope of the specialized trainings for law-enforcement experts from #ASEAN Member States that Russia 🇷🇺 has been conducting since 2012.
🔹️Russian delegates undelined the important role #ASEANAPOL plays in strengthening cooperation and information exchange between law-enforcement agencies of the countries of the region in the sphere of combating terrorism, extremism and transnational organized crime.
🔹️The Russian side reaffirmed its commitment to further promote ties with ASEANAPOL including by enhancing capacity building efforts through increasing the quantity and widening the scope of the specialized trainings for law-enforcement experts from #ASEAN Member States that Russia 🇷🇺 has been conducting since 2012.
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🇷🇺🇮🇳 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, on an official visit to Russia, held talks in the Grand Kremlin Palace.
💬 Vladimir Putin: Mr Prime Minister, this is your first official visit after your reappointment following parliamentary elections. I would like to congratulate you on this once again.
Our countries have long-time friendship and good relations that have evolved over the decades. This year, we are marking the 77th Anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Today, our relations have the status of a specially privileged strategic partnership. We are in permanent contact, and we prioritise the development of trade and economic ties. Certainly, their development meets the interests of the people of India and the peoples of the Russian Federation.
📈 Last year, our trade soared by 60 percent and even more, by 66 percent; it increased by an additional 20 percent in the first quarter of 2024.
🌐 We cooperate closely on the international arena, including at international organisations, primarily the #UN and such associations as the #SCO and #BRICS.
Yesterday, we had an opportunity to discuss virtually all practical issues in an informal setting. I am grateful to you for devoting attention to the most acute issues and for trying to find some options for resolving the Ukraine crisis, primarily by peaceful methods.
Mr Prime Minister, we will be delighted to see you in Kazan this autumn at the upcoming BRICS Summit.
At the end of my opening remarks, I would like to wish you new successes in facilitating the development of the Indian state. You and I know each other for a long time, and I know that your entire life is devoted to implementing the idea of strengthening the Indian state and improving the life of the people of India.
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💬 Vladimir Putin: Mr Prime Minister, this is your first official visit after your reappointment following parliamentary elections. I would like to congratulate you on this once again.
Our countries have long-time friendship and good relations that have evolved over the decades. This year, we are marking the 77th Anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Today, our relations have the status of a specially privileged strategic partnership. We are in permanent contact, and we prioritise the development of trade and economic ties. Certainly, their development meets the interests of the people of India and the peoples of the Russian Federation.
📈 Last year, our trade soared by 60 percent and even more, by 66 percent; it increased by an additional 20 percent in the first quarter of 2024.
🌐 We cooperate closely on the international arena, including at international organisations, primarily the #UN and such associations as the #SCO and #BRICS.
Yesterday, we had an opportunity to discuss virtually all practical issues in an informal setting. I am grateful to you for devoting attention to the most acute issues and for trying to find some options for resolving the Ukraine crisis, primarily by peaceful methods.
Mr Prime Minister, we will be delighted to see you in Kazan this autumn at the upcoming BRICS Summit.
At the end of my opening remarks, I would like to wish you new successes in facilitating the development of the Indian state. You and I know each other for a long time, and I know that your entire life is devoted to implementing the idea of strengthening the Indian state and improving the life of the people of India.
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#RussiaIndia
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🇷🇺🇮🇳 The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin presented the Order of St Andrew the Apostle to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. The ceremony was held in St Andrew’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
💬 Vladimir Putin: It is a great honour for me to present the highest order of the Russian Federation, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle, to Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi.
🎖 It is the oldest order instituted more than three centuries ago by Russian Emperor Peter the Great. According to the statute, the order is awarded to outstanding Russian politicians and public figures as well as foreign leaders for distinguished service. <...>
By presenting the Order of St Andrew the Apostle, we express sincere gratitude for the contribution you have made to strengthening friendship and mutual understanding between our countries and nations. You have always been a strong advocate of expanding contacts with Russia. Back when you were the chief minister of the state of Gujarat, you proposed establishing sister ties with Russian regions, in particular, with the Astrakhan Region.
🤝 As the head of the Indian government for the past ten years, you have made tangible efforts to ensure that Russia-India relations become a specially privileged strategic partnership.
It is with your direct support that largest Russia-India projects have been implemented successfully in trade and the economy, in the military-technical industry, nuclear and hydrogen energy, in high technology and space development. It is hard to overestimate your contribution to shaping a steady foundation for Russia-India cooperation in the international arena, where both our countries protect the principles of multipolarity and strict compliance with international law.
🌐 Russia and India work together to ensure stability and global and regional security, and closely cooperate at #BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (#SCO).
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💬 Vladimir Putin: It is a great honour for me to present the highest order of the Russian Federation, the Order of St Andrew the Apostle, to Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi.
🎖 It is the oldest order instituted more than three centuries ago by Russian Emperor Peter the Great. According to the statute, the order is awarded to outstanding Russian politicians and public figures as well as foreign leaders for distinguished service. <...>
By presenting the Order of St Andrew the Apostle, we express sincere gratitude for the contribution you have made to strengthening friendship and mutual understanding between our countries and nations. You have always been a strong advocate of expanding contacts with Russia. Back when you were the chief minister of the state of Gujarat, you proposed establishing sister ties with Russian regions, in particular, with the Astrakhan Region.
🤝 As the head of the Indian government for the past ten years, you have made tangible efforts to ensure that Russia-India relations become a specially privileged strategic partnership.
It is with your direct support that largest Russia-India projects have been implemented successfully in trade and the economy, in the military-technical industry, nuclear and hydrogen energy, in high technology and space development. It is hard to overestimate your contribution to shaping a steady foundation for Russia-India cooperation in the international arena, where both our countries protect the principles of multipolarity and strict compliance with international law.
🌐 Russia and India work together to ensure stability and global and regional security, and closely cooperate at #BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (#SCO).
Read in full
#RussiaIndia
🏸🏆 The team of the Russian Mission to ASEAN and Russian Embassy in Indonesia 🇷🇺 took part in a friendly badminton tournament with #ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta 🇮🇩. The teams faced off in a friendly yet competitive atmosphere.
🙏 Always happy to meet ASEAN friends both at working meeting and sports venues!
🙏 Always happy to meet ASEAN friends both at working meeting and sports venues!