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00:00Welcoming his professed dear friend Xi Jinping to the 16th annual BRICS summit, Vladimir
00:07Putin said Moscow and Beijing would work towards creating global security and a just world
00:13order.
00:15The Chinese leader hailed their country's ties.
00:18The world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century and the international situation
00:24is becoming chaotic and intertwined.
00:26But I firmly believe that the profound friendship between China and Russia from generation to
00:29generation will not change.
00:34As this year's host, the Russian leader is eager to show that he isn't that isolated
00:39on the world stage.
00:41Heads of state from over 20 countries gathering in the city of Kazan were greeted off the
00:46plane with traditional Russian cakes.
00:49The BRICS grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa has now expanded to
00:54include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
00:58Saudi Arabia has also been invited to join the bloc, seen as a counterweight to the West.
01:05Over the past 15 years of its existence, our BRICS association has created a special role
01:10for itself and today many countries want to join.
01:14The summit is the biggest such meeting in Russia since it ordered troops into Ukraine.
01:19India has avoided explicit condemnation of Moscow's actions while casting itself as a
01:24potential peacemaker.
01:26South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has also urged an end to the conflict, praised
01:31Moscow as a valued ally and friend in his meeting with Putin.
01:36The Russian president was forced to abandon plans to attend last year's summit in South
01:40Africa after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against him.