Meeting with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Attending the meeting on the Russian side were Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Lavrov SergeiMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, deputy prime ministers Alexander Novak Novak AlexanderDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federationand Alexei Overchuk Overchuk AlexeiDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Special Presidential Representative for Financial and Economic Cooperation with BRICS States and Interaction with the New Development Bank Maxim Oreshkin Oreshkin MaximDeputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office - Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov Peskov DmitryDeputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, Presidential Press Secretary, Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov Ushakov YuryAide to the President, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov Reshetnikov MaximMinister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov Siluanov AntonMinister of Finance of the Russian Federation, Minister of Energy Sergei Tsivilev Tsivilev SergeiMinister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina Nabiullina ElviraGovernor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia), Director of the Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugayev, Head of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov Minnikhanov RustamHead of the Republic of Tatarstan, Presidential Advisor Igor Levitin Levitin IgorAdviser to the President, Special Presidential Representative for International Cooperation in Transport, Chairman of the Russian Association of Fertiliser Producers Andrei Guryev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev Dmitriev KirillCEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), and Director General of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom Alexei Likhachev Likhachev AlexeiDirector General of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President, colleagues,

We are very pleased to welcome you to Kazan.

Before we get started, I would like to express my condolences over the recent terrorist attack. The media are reporting a terrorist attack in Turkiye. You are certainly aware of our stance on this: we condemn any acts of this kind, no matter what the motives may be.

Once again, I would like to welcome everyone to Kazan and to repeat how much I appreciate it that you have accepted the invitation to attend the BRICS Plus/Outreach meeting. I know that Turkiye is interested in establishing closer cooperation with the group, and we see great opportunities here, given your country's international influence and unique geopolitical role to connect the eastern and western parts of Eurasia.

To be continued.