5 мая специальный представитель Президента Российской Федерации по Ближнему Востоку и странам Африки, заместитель Министра иностранных дел России М.Л.Богданов принял Посла Арабской Республики Египет в Москве Назиха Нагари по его просьбе.
В ходе беседы состоялся доверительный обмен мнениями по актуальной ближневосточной проблематике, включая ситуацию в зоне палестино-израильского конфликта и положение дел в Сирии, Судане и Ливии.
Кроме того, были рассмотрены некоторые практические вопросы многопланового российско-египетского сотрудничества, включая график предстоящих двусторонних контактов.
В ходе беседы состоялся доверительный обмен мнениями по актуальной ближневосточной проблематике, включая ситуацию в зоне палестино-израильского конфликта и положение дел в Сирии, Судане и Ливии.
Кроме того, были рассмотрены некоторые практические вопросы многопланового российско-египетского сотрудничества, включая график предстоящих двусторонних контактов.
Report by the MFA of Russia «Eighty Years After the Great Victory: Europe has Once Again Fallen in the Shadow of Nazism»
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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Talks between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of China Xi Jinping in expanded format (May 8, 2025)
💬 President Putin: We have had a deep and substantive exchange of opinions on the main areas of development of the Russian-Chinese comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation in a limited attendance format, and also outlined long-term plans for further joint work.
It is important to note that Mr President and I share the view on the considerable progress achieved across the entire spectrum of our bilateral relations in recent years. Russia-China relations serve as a prime example of how interstate communication should be conducted in the 21st century — based on the principles of equality, mutual benefit, and respect for each party’s interests and sovereignty, and without being directed against any third party.
Our governments continue to coordinate closely and undertake systematic measures to enhance the financial and technological independence of our cooperation.
📈 As I have mentioned, last year mutual trade set a new record: $244.9 billion. Of course, this is not the limit, and our daily work to preserve this positive trend and implement joint projects will continue. The portfolio of the intergovernmental investment commission already includes 86 projects worth more than $200 billion.
Today we will sign an updated version of the intergovernmental agreement on the promotion and mutual protection of investment, which, I believe, will have a positive impact on developing a more favourable business environment and enhancing our economic cooperation.
Our relations are driven by the energy sector. In 2024, Russia not only became the leading supplier of oil to China, but also ranked first in pipeline gas deliveries. Furthermore, we became the second-largest supplier of coal exports and ranked third in liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to the Chinese market.
Several new joint initiatives are underway, such as the Far Eastern Gas Route, scheduled to launch in 2027, which will ensure the annual delivery of up to 10 billion cubic metres of natural gas to Chinese consumers.
Russian-designed nuclear power plants are being constructed in China in line with agreed timelines. In recent years, the Russian-Chinese Energy Business Forum has become a key platform for advancing industry cooperation, the seventh forum set to take place in China later this year.
Comprehensive cooperation in industry and high technologies is also advancing. Russia has become the number one importer of Chinese cars in the world. We also welcome the launch of production facilities and the transfer of Chinese industrial competencies to our country.
Active mutual trade in agricultural products has become a key contributor to ensuring food security in Russia and China. On our part, we are ready to expand the range of Russian agricultural exports to the Chinese market.
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Following the talks, we will adopt an entire package of joint documents promoting cooperation in specific areas. The joint top-level statement, largely inspired by the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory and the strong bond between generations, will become the main final document. We can see this generational bond not only in the historical memory and patriotic education but also in the context of preventing the revival of Nazism and militarism, or the revision of the outcomes of World War II.
As we face a complicated geopolitical situation and global uncertainty, Russia-China ties remain a crucial stabilising factor on the international stage.
🌐 We advocate together for a more just and democratic multipolar world order grounded in international law and the central role of the UN in global affairs.
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💬 President Putin: We have had a deep and substantive exchange of opinions on the main areas of development of the Russian-Chinese comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation in a limited attendance format, and also outlined long-term plans for further joint work.
It is important to note that Mr President and I share the view on the considerable progress achieved across the entire spectrum of our bilateral relations in recent years. Russia-China relations serve as a prime example of how interstate communication should be conducted in the 21st century — based on the principles of equality, mutual benefit, and respect for each party’s interests and sovereignty, and without being directed against any third party.
Our governments continue to coordinate closely and undertake systematic measures to enhance the financial and technological independence of our cooperation.
📈 As I have mentioned, last year mutual trade set a new record: $244.9 billion. Of course, this is not the limit, and our daily work to preserve this positive trend and implement joint projects will continue. The portfolio of the intergovernmental investment commission already includes 86 projects worth more than $200 billion.
Today we will sign an updated version of the intergovernmental agreement on the promotion and mutual protection of investment, which, I believe, will have a positive impact on developing a more favourable business environment and enhancing our economic cooperation.
Our relations are driven by the energy sector. In 2024, Russia not only became the leading supplier of oil to China, but also ranked first in pipeline gas deliveries. Furthermore, we became the second-largest supplier of coal exports and ranked third in liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to the Chinese market.
Several new joint initiatives are underway, such as the Far Eastern Gas Route, scheduled to launch in 2027, which will ensure the annual delivery of up to 10 billion cubic metres of natural gas to Chinese consumers.
Russian-designed nuclear power plants are being constructed in China in line with agreed timelines. In recent years, the Russian-Chinese Energy Business Forum has become a key platform for advancing industry cooperation, the seventh forum set to take place in China later this year.
Comprehensive cooperation in industry and high technologies is also advancing. Russia has become the number one importer of Chinese cars in the world. We also welcome the launch of production facilities and the transfer of Chinese industrial competencies to our country.
Active mutual trade in agricultural products has become a key contributor to ensuring food security in Russia and China. On our part, we are ready to expand the range of Russian agricultural exports to the Chinese market.
<...>
Following the talks, we will adopt an entire package of joint documents promoting cooperation in specific areas. The joint top-level statement, largely inspired by the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory and the strong bond between generations, will become the main final document. We can see this generational bond not only in the historical memory and patriotic education but also in the context of preventing the revival of Nazism and militarism, or the revision of the outcomes of World War II.
As we face a complicated geopolitical situation and global uncertainty, Russia-China ties remain a crucial stabilising factor on the international stage.
🌐 We advocate together for a more just and democratic multipolar world order grounded in international law and the central role of the UN in global affairs.
📄 Read in full
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🌟 80 years ago, on May 9, 1945, at 0:43 am Moscow time, the Instrument of Unconditional Surrender of the Nazi Germany was signed.
This historic document marked the Soviet Union’s Victory in the Great Patriotic War, brought an end to #WWII in Europe, signalled the final collapse of Nazism.
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Earlier, on May 2, 1945, following the fall of the Reichstag — the main Nazi stronghold — and the surrender of the Berlin garrison, the Red Army completed its successful operation to capture Berlin. The Soviet forces crushed Nazi resistance, taking full control of the Nazi government headquarters, including Hitler's Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellery) and bunker.
Germany’s final & unconditional surrender to the Allies was preceded by several local capitulations of the Nazi troops along various fronts. Moreover, in April 1945, certain Nazi military leaders, who were aware that the Third Reich’s collapse was imminent, fearing justice for their crimes, sought secret talks with Anglo-American forces, trying to divide the Allied anti-Hitler coalition.
On April 29, just before the surrender of the Berlin garrison, the Nazi troops surrendered in Italy. Days later, on May 4, the Wehrmacht capitulated in the Netherlands, Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein, and Northwest Germany. On May 5, German troops also laid down their arms in Western Austria.
👉 Desperate to surrender to the British-American forces, on May 5, the Nazi delegation arrived in the French city of Reims, where the headquarters of the Allies' command was located. There, on May 7, the Act of Military Surrender was signed. Article 4 of the document did not rule out the signing of another, definitive act: “This act of military surrender… will be superseded by any general instrument of surrender… applicable to Germany and the German armed forces as a whole.”
Due to that, the Soviet leadership deemed the Reims document only as a preliminary instrument, believing that the official surrender of the Nazis had to be ensured in Berlin, the city where the Nazi aggression originated from.
At the Soviet government’s request, a second and final ceremony of surrender took place.
✍️ In the early hours of May 9, 1945, at 0:43 Moscow time (22:43 CET), the final and definitive Instrument of Unconditional Surrender of the Nazi Germany was signed at the ceremony in #Karlshorst, Berlin. The surrender was accepted by Marshal Georgy Zhukov on behalf of the Soviet Union and Deputy Commander of the Allied forces Marshal Arthur Tedder on behalf of the Western Allies. From the German side, the Instrument was signed by Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Colonel General Hans-Jurgen Stumpff, & Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg.
With the Instrument being signed, the Nazi government was officially dissolved, the defeated German military laid down arms.
🖋 From the memoirs by military correspondent Konstantin Simonov:
On May 9, 1945, at 2:10 am Moscow time, announcer Yury Levitan read out the Instrument of Unconditional Surrender of Nazi Germany & the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR declaring May 9 Victory Day. From that moment forward, the Soviet Union and later Russia, as well as the most former Soviet republics have celebrated Victory Day on May 9.
🎙 An excerpt from a briefing of Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, May 6, 2025:
📖 Learn for more in our in-depth historical delve.
This historic document marked the Soviet Union’s Victory in the Great Patriotic War, brought an end to #WWII in Europe, signalled the final collapse of Nazism.
***
Earlier, on May 2, 1945, following the fall of the Reichstag — the main Nazi stronghold — and the surrender of the Berlin garrison, the Red Army completed its successful operation to capture Berlin. The Soviet forces crushed Nazi resistance, taking full control of the Nazi government headquarters, including Hitler's Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellery) and bunker.
Germany’s final & unconditional surrender to the Allies was preceded by several local capitulations of the Nazi troops along various fronts. Moreover, in April 1945, certain Nazi military leaders, who were aware that the Third Reich’s collapse was imminent, fearing justice for their crimes, sought secret talks with Anglo-American forces, trying to divide the Allied anti-Hitler coalition.
On April 29, just before the surrender of the Berlin garrison, the Nazi troops surrendered in Italy. Days later, on May 4, the Wehrmacht capitulated in the Netherlands, Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein, and Northwest Germany. On May 5, German troops also laid down their arms in Western Austria.
👉 Desperate to surrender to the British-American forces, on May 5, the Nazi delegation arrived in the French city of Reims, where the headquarters of the Allies' command was located. There, on May 7, the Act of Military Surrender was signed. Article 4 of the document did not rule out the signing of another, definitive act: “This act of military surrender… will be superseded by any general instrument of surrender… applicable to Germany and the German armed forces as a whole.”
Due to that, the Soviet leadership deemed the Reims document only as a preliminary instrument, believing that the official surrender of the Nazis had to be ensured in Berlin, the city where the Nazi aggression originated from.
At the Soviet government’s request, a second and final ceremony of surrender took place.
✍️ In the early hours of May 9, 1945, at 0:43 Moscow time (22:43 CET), the final and definitive Instrument of Unconditional Surrender of the Nazi Germany was signed at the ceremony in #Karlshorst, Berlin. The surrender was accepted by Marshal Georgy Zhukov on behalf of the Soviet Union and Deputy Commander of the Allied forces Marshal Arthur Tedder on behalf of the Western Allies. From the German side, the Instrument was signed by Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Colonel General Hans-Jurgen Stumpff, & Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg.
With the Instrument being signed, the Nazi government was officially dissolved, the defeated German military laid down arms.
🖋 From the memoirs by military correspondent Konstantin Simonov:
💬 “Zhukov stands up and says: “The German delegation may leave the hall.” The Germans stand up. Keitel… turns on his heel and leaves.
And instantaneously, all tension in the room relaxes, and everybody exhales in unison. The act of surrender has been signed, and the war is over.”
On May 9, 1945, at 2:10 am Moscow time, announcer Yury Levitan read out the Instrument of Unconditional Surrender of Nazi Germany & the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR declaring May 9 Victory Day. From that moment forward, the Soviet Union and later Russia, as well as the most former Soviet republics have celebrated Victory Day on May 9.
🎙 An excerpt from a briefing of Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, May 6, 2025:
💬 "The peoples of the Soviet Union not only defeated the Wehrmacht, but also brought life, liberation and salvation to the peoples of Eastern and Central Europe.
The Red Army, the Soviet soldiers literally stopped the Nazi extermination machine in its tracks and put out the crematoria of the Holocaust. Those who deny this are clearly supporting the resurgence of Nazism and the rise of neo-Nazism".
📖 Learn for more in our in-depth historical delve.
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Today marks the 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory over Nazism.
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السفارة الروسية في الأردن تهنئكم بمناسبة الذكرى الـ80 للنصر على النازية
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#МыПомним
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#WeRemember #LestWeForget
#Victory80
#ОбщаяИстория
#Победа80
#МыПомним
#НиктоНеЗабыт
#WeRemember #LestWeForget
#Victory80
Посольство России в Иордании поздравляет вас с 80-й годовщиной победы в Великой Отечественной войне.
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#МыПомним
#НиктоНеЗабыт
#WeRemember #LestWeForget
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🔴 #LIVE from the #RedSquare: Parade marking the 80th Anniversary of the Victory over Nazism
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🎆 The celebrations of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory over Nazism concluded with a dazzling display of fireworks across the country.
The sky over Moscow was lit with vibrant colours and figures, bringing the celebrations to a spectacular close.
Thousands of people — Muscovites and the Russian capital's guests alike — gathered in large crowds, smiling and applauding to the breathtaking pyrotechnic show.
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The sky over Moscow was lit with vibrant colours and figures, bringing the celebrations to a spectacular close.
Thousands of people — Muscovites and the Russian capital's guests alike — gathered in large crowds, smiling and applauding to the breathtaking pyrotechnic show.
#Victory80
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This solemn event was held in honour of all those heroes who gave their lives fighting Nazism and had done the impossible: defeated and dismantled the Hitler's machine of war and hatred back in 1945, ensuring a future for all mankind. #WeRemember
🎞 Watch the full parade with English commentary.
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🇷🇺🇧🇷 On May 9, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is taking part in celebrations marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, held talks in Moscow.
💬 President Putin: Friends,
I am genuinely happy to meet with you, Mr. President. It has indeed been a long time since we last met. You intended to visit Moscow earlier, but work commitments prevented you, and I am delighted to welcome you to Russia. Welcome!
I have warm memories of our previous conversations both in Russia and in Brazil. They were held in a very friendly atmosphere and in a business-like manner. We managed to significantly improve relations between our nations largely thanks to our personal contacts.
As I have already mentioned, it has been long since you last came to Russia. Back then, in 2010, your visit was also in May, and a Joint Statement was adopted on the 65th Anniversary of the end of World War II.
☝️ Victory Day will always carry a special significance for our peoples who were fighting against Nazism. We are well aware that Brazil was among those who joined the anti-Hitler coalition. Your military units took part in combat activities in Italy and defended communication routes in the southern Atlantic thus contributing to our joint victory over the enemy. I know that Brazil, as much as Russia, honours the memory of those events and pays tribute to the feat of the victors.
I would like to point out that our relations continue to develop steadily, and high-level contact is being maintained. You always see the way to personally receive Russian representatives whenever they arrive in Brazil on working visits.
📈 Our bilateral trade is moving ahead. I want to stress that Brazil accounts for the largest share of our trade with Latin America and the Caribbean.
Russia is still the biggest exporter of petroleum products and mineral fertilisers to Brazil while your country maintains leading positions in the Russian food imports.
🤝 We are closely cooperating on the international stage, and we will revisit this topic later. This cooperation includes such venues as the UN, #BRICS and #G20.
I am happy to have this opportunity to discuss these and other matters of mutual interest with you, Mr. President.
#RussiaBrazil
💬 President Putin: Friends,
I am genuinely happy to meet with you, Mr. President. It has indeed been a long time since we last met. You intended to visit Moscow earlier, but work commitments prevented you, and I am delighted to welcome you to Russia. Welcome!
I have warm memories of our previous conversations both in Russia and in Brazil. They were held in a very friendly atmosphere and in a business-like manner. We managed to significantly improve relations between our nations largely thanks to our personal contacts.
As I have already mentioned, it has been long since you last came to Russia. Back then, in 2010, your visit was also in May, and a Joint Statement was adopted on the 65th Anniversary of the end of World War II.
☝️ Victory Day will always carry a special significance for our peoples who were fighting against Nazism. We are well aware that Brazil was among those who joined the anti-Hitler coalition. Your military units took part in combat activities in Italy and defended communication routes in the southern Atlantic thus contributing to our joint victory over the enemy. I know that Brazil, as much as Russia, honours the memory of those events and pays tribute to the feat of the victors.
I would like to point out that our relations continue to develop steadily, and high-level contact is being maintained. You always see the way to personally receive Russian representatives whenever they arrive in Brazil on working visits.
📈 Our bilateral trade is moving ahead. I want to stress that Brazil accounts for the largest share of our trade with Latin America and the Caribbean.
Russia is still the biggest exporter of petroleum products and mineral fertilisers to Brazil while your country maintains leading positions in the Russian food imports.
🤝 We are closely cooperating on the international stage, and we will revisit this topic later. This cooperation includes such venues as the UN, #BRICS and #G20.
I am happy to have this opportunity to discuss these and other matters of mutual interest with you, Mr. President.
#RussiaBrazil
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🧑🚀 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubrinsky, and Kirill Piskov, congratulated Russian citizens on Victory Day from aboard the International Space Station:
🚩 Earlier, the Russian cosmonauts unfurled a replica of the Victory Banner in open Space.
#Victory80
Today, we remember those who achieved the Great Victory in bloody battles and liberated the world from fascism. We bow our heads before those who helped stop the enemy and never returned from the battlefield. We honour those who forged the weapons of Victory in the rear, who endured hunger, bombings, and devastation. We thank those who rebuilt the country from ruins in the shortest time.
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💬 President Putin: Citizens of Russia, veterans, guests, comrade soldiers and sailors, sergeants and sergeant majors, midshipmen and warrant officers, comrade officers, generals and admirals!
I congratulate you on the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War!
Today, we are all united by the feelings of joy and grief, pride and gratitude, and admiration for the generation that crushed Nazism and won freedom and peace for all humanity at the cost of millions of lives.
We faithfully preserve the memory of those historic, glorious events. As the heirs of the victors, today we celebrate Victory Day as the most important holiday for the country, which the entire nation, each family, each of us holds dear. <...>
We remember the lessons of WWII and will never agree with the distortion of those events or attempts to justify the murderers and slander the true victors.
Our duty is to defend the honour of the Red Army soldiers and commanders, and the heroism of fighters of different ethnic backgrounds who will forever remain Russian soldiers in world history.
❗️ Russia has been and will continue to be an indestructible obstacle to Nazism, Russophobia and anti-Semitism, and will stand in the way of the violence perpetrated by the champions of these aggressive and destructive ideas.
Truth and justice are on our side. The whole of Russia, our society and all people support the participants in the special military operation. We are proud of their courage and spirit, and their steely determination that has always brought us Victory.
The Soviet Union bore the brunt of the enemy’s most savage and relentless assaults. Millions of people, once devoted solely to peaceful labour, took up arms and stood firm to the death on every hill, bridgehead, and defensive line. The outcome of WWII was determined by decisive victories in major battles of Moscow and Stalingrad, on the Kursk Bulge and the Dnieper River, by the courage of the defenders of Belarus, who were the first to face the invader, by staunch resistance at the Brest Fortress and in Mogilev, Odessa, Sevastopol, Murmansk, Tula and Smolensk, by the heroism of the residents of besieged Leningrad. <...>
The contribution of the peoples of Central Asia and the South Caucasus was immense. From these regions came a steady flow of trains delivering everything the front needed. Hospitals were established, and hundreds of thousands of evacuees found a second home there. <...>
We honour every veteran of the Great Patriotic War and bow our heads in remembrance of all who gave their lives for Victory. <...>
We bow our heads before our fallen comrades-in-arms who laid down their lives as heroes in a righteous battle for Russia.
Nearly 80% of the world’s population were drawn into the fiery orbit of WWII.
The complete defeat of Nazi Germany, militarist Japan and their satellites around the world was achieved through the combined efforts of the Allied Nations.
☝️ We will never forget that the opening of the Second Front in Europe, which took place after the decisive battles in the territory of the Soviet Union, hastened Victory. We highly appreciate the contribution made to our common struggle by the Allied armies, members of the Resistance, the courageous people of China, and all those who fought for a peaceful future.
We will continue to look up to our veterans, taking example from their wholehearted love of the Motherland and commitment to defending our homeland and the values of humanism and justice. We will give these traditions and this great heritage the biggest place in our hearts and will pass them on to future generations.
We will always rely on our unity in battle and in peaceful endeavours, in striving for strategic goals and tackling problems for the benefit of Russia and its greatness and prosperity.
Glory to the victorious nation!
Happy Victory Day!
Hurrah!
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🇷🇺🇪🇬 On May 9, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is taking part in celebrations marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, held talks in Moscow.
💬 President Putin: Mr President, friends,
We are genuinely happy to see you all in Moscow at the celebrations marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
As is well known, Egypt was a scene of some major battles during the war. The country became a foothold for our allies in the anti-Hitler Coalition in North Africa. In February 1945, Egypt officially declared war on the Axis, and so it is among the victorious states.
Our common fight against Nazism contributed to the establishment of ties between our countries. It is symbolic that the Soviet Union and Egypt established diplomatic relations precisely during the war, in August 1943, after Hitler troops were defeated at the Kursk Bulge.
🤝 Today, Russian-Egyptian relations are on the upswing. Our cooperation is multifaceted and based on the provisions of the Treaty on comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation.
We maintain regular and substantive political dialogue. We held our previous meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan in October 2024 where your country participated for the first time as a full-fledged member.
📈 Egypt is among Russia’s key partners in Africa. Last year, trade rose by over 30% to reach a record-breaking $9 billion whereas in the first two months of this year it grew by over 80 percent more.
An intergovernmental Russian-Egyptian commission is active. Major joint projects are being continued and we firmly believe that we will move on in all those areas. Our nations coordinate their approaches to current international issues including the Middle East.
Mr President, friends, we are glad to have this opportunity to discuss with you these and many other current issues and areas or Russia-Egypt interaction.
Once again, welcome.
#RussiaEgypt
💬 President Putin: Mr President, friends,
We are genuinely happy to see you all in Moscow at the celebrations marking the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
As is well known, Egypt was a scene of some major battles during the war. The country became a foothold for our allies in the anti-Hitler Coalition in North Africa. In February 1945, Egypt officially declared war on the Axis, and so it is among the victorious states.
Our common fight against Nazism contributed to the establishment of ties between our countries. It is symbolic that the Soviet Union and Egypt established diplomatic relations precisely during the war, in August 1943, after Hitler troops were defeated at the Kursk Bulge.
🤝 Today, Russian-Egyptian relations are on the upswing. Our cooperation is multifaceted and based on the provisions of the Treaty on comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation.
We maintain regular and substantive political dialogue. We held our previous meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan in October 2024 where your country participated for the first time as a full-fledged member.
📈 Egypt is among Russia’s key partners in Africa. Last year, trade rose by over 30% to reach a record-breaking $9 billion whereas in the first two months of this year it grew by over 80 percent more.
An intergovernmental Russian-Egyptian commission is active. Major joint projects are being continued and we firmly believe that we will move on in all those areas. Our nations coordinate their approaches to current international issues including the Middle East.
Mr President, friends, we are glad to have this opportunity to discuss with you these and many other current issues and areas or Russia-Egypt interaction.
Once again, welcome.
#RussiaEgypt