Russia moves to strengthen bilateral ties Russia moves to strengthen bilateral ties

By Kester Kenn Klomegah, Moscow Bureau Chief

MOSCOW (Russia), July 24, GNA – Ahead of the forthcoming BRICS summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated the significant efforts by the member states to consolidate cooperation and dialogues in key multifaceted areas including those relating to member states, regional and international arena.

He last went to South Africa in March 2013 during the fifth BRICS summit in Durban.

Putin, who is scheduled to travel for the 10th edition of BRICS summit in South Africa on July 25-27, said the BRICS group is faced with lot of tasks, challenges and opportunities to address in subsequent years and these have been documented in all previous declarations.

He, however, expressed Russia’s readiness to actively support the priorities of the chairmanship and the final preparations that are underway for the Johannesburg meeting.

Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered that, besides participating in BRICS summit, Putin will also hold several bilateral meetings with representatives from foreign countries and African Union (AU).

He will meet South African leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, the newest face among BRICS Heads of State, for bilateral talks.

Russia stands for strengthening the BRICS countries’ partnership in politics, the economy, culture and other areas.

During the previous meetings, Russia had proposed a number of new initiatives that were being implemented - a BRICS Strategy for Economic Partnership, a BRICS Energy Research Platform.

Russia is advocating “Women and the Economy” public-private dialogue. This initiative provides for holding regular debates by members of the BRICS countries’ business and expert communities, women’s associations and government agencies.

It is currently pushing for the establishment of BRICS Women’s Club“Russia’s initiatives are gaining support among others. There are other important, interesting and promising undertakings. I am confident that this association will work effectively in the future” Putin said, adding that, the summit would help boost multifaceted cooperation and dialogue between BRICS member states and Africa.

The BRICS member countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) collectively represent about 26 percent of the world’s geographic area and are home to 2.88 billion people, about 42 percent of the world’s population.

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