🇷🇺🇱🇦 President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Thongloun Sisoulith held a meeting on the sidelines of the XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan (October 24, 2024)

💬 President Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends, Once again, I warmly welcome you all and would like to thank you, above all, for your participation in the #BRICS Summit.

We assume that our group is a prototype of multipolarity, a structure that consolidates the Global South and East.

I appreciate your comprehensive remarks. I have warm memories of our meeting in May, when you visited Moscow to participate in the celebrations marking the 79th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. We will be glad to see you in Moscow at the celebrations of the 80th Anniversary of Victory next year. #Victory80

🤝 Our relations are of a mutually beneficial nature and have already reached the level of strategic partnership. This March we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Treaty on Amity, and next year we will celebrate the 65th Anniversary of our diplomatic relations.

The absolute volumes of trade are still modest, but the trend is nevertheless very good, and it is increasing many times over.

We have close positions on most international issues. It is very important that the Lao chairmanship of the #ASEAN promotes its cooperation with Russia, and we are very grateful to you for that.

We are very pleased with your visit, Mr President, and I thank you once again.

#RussiaLaos

#BRICS2024

🇷🇺🇻🇳 On the sidelines of the XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh held talks on the sidelines of the XVI BRICS Summit (October 24, 2024)

💬 Vladimir Putin: Comrade Pham Minh Chinh, friends,

Welcome to Kazan. Once again, allow me to warmly welcome you to Russia.

🤝 I have warm memories from my recent visit to Vietnam and the conversation we had. It was a rewarding event for our entire delegation. We received a very warm welcome, and from the start, we felt that we were in a friendly country, in a welcoming atmosphere, among friends.

Next year will mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Our political dialogue is intensive and substantive, along with ongoing interaction at the level of parliaments, ministries, government agencies, political parties and public associations.

Trade is on the rise. In 2023, we saw an 8.3 percent increase in mutual trade, reaching $5 billion, and in January-August 2024, it grew by as much as 25 percent.

The Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation is working smoothly, and the agreements reached at the highest and intergovernmental levels are being consistently implemented.

Russia and Vietnam are cooperating in the energy sector, industrial production, agriculture, and education.

⚡️ This year, we have allocated an additional quota of 1,000 state-funded places for Vietnamese students at Russian universities.

Friends, we are grateful to each of you for participating in the Kazan Summit. Thank you for your informative remarks at today’s meeting. We strongly support Vietnam’s interest in participating in the BRICS group’s multifaceted activities.

Please convey my warmest greetings to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Comrade To Lam. I would like to repeat that we are looking forward to his visit to Russia.

I know that the National Assembly of Vietnam has recently made important personnel decisions, electing a new head of state, comrade Luong Cuong. In this regard, I would like to ask you to extend my congratulations to him on my behalf on his appointment to this high office.

#RussiaVietnam

🗓 On October 25, Sochi (Russia) hosted the 4th #ASEAN-Russia Dialogue on ICT Security-Related Issues in a hybrid format under the co-chairmanship of Russia 🇷🇺 and Myanmar 🇲🇲.

🔹️The meeting reiterated the willingness of Russia and ASEAN Member States to promote interagency cooperation in finding effective solutions of issues related to the ICT security.

🔹️Particular attention was paid to the issues of combating the use of ICT for criminal purposes, capacity building through personnel training, exchanging experience, strengthening technical equipment and improving software and hardware.

🔹️The participants showed their readiness to facilitate unanimous adoption of the "UN Convention against cybercrime; Strengthening international cooperation for combating certain crimes committed by means of information and communications technology systems and for the sharing of evidence in electronic form of serious crimes" by the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly and its early entry into force. They also showed desire to support approval by consensus of parameters of the permanent single-track negotiating mechanism to be established within the UN after 2025.

🔹️It was agreed to hold the next round of the ASEAN-Russia Dialogue on ICT Security-Related Issues next year.

We wish to extend our sincere congratulations to H.E. San Lwin 🇲🇲 on officially assuming his duties as Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community!
Warm welcome 🤝

🇷🇺 On November 4, 2024, a reception on the occasion of the Russia's National Unity Day was held in Jakarta.

🇮🇩 The event was attended by Budi Gunawan, Coordinating Minister for Politics and Security Affairs, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Affairs, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Institutions, Fadli Zon, Minister of Culture, Maruarar Sirait, Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas, Ahmad Muzani, Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly and Sultan Baktiar Najamudin, Speaker of the House of Regional Representatives.

🖼 The guests viewed the exhibitions of the Russian landscape paintings and photos, as well as watched a series of videos about Russian culture.

📍Hotel Mulia, Jakarta