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Meeting with President of South Africa Jacob Zuma

Vladimir Putin met with President of the Republic of South Africa Jacob Zuma. The two Presidents are in Fortaleza to participate in the BRICS summit.

July 15, 2014
04:30
Fortaleza
With President of South Africa Jacob Zuma.
With President of South Africa Jacob Zuma.
With President of South Africa Jacob Zuma.

President of Russia VLADIMIR PUTIN: Mr President,

Please allow me to once again sincerely greet you and personally congratulate you on your outstanding performance in the elections. The African National Congress won in the overwhelming majority of South Africa’s states and in the parliament. And I want to congratulate you on being elected President.

We have very long-standing, kind relations. You and I agreed that the domestic policy calendar must be concluded – and we can activate plans, first of all, of course, economically. I think that now is the time to recall some of our joint projects.

But even now, I want to note that despite the domestic policy events, such important ones as elections, we have nevertheless been able to maintain a very positive dynamic in our joint foreign trade. Last year, our trade grew by 11% and in the first half of this year, it increased by nearly 10%, so we are working from a good foundation.

Mutual capital investments are growing, and in various industrial sectors. They include metallurgy and high technologies. Overall, we have areas to work on.

I am very pleased to have the chance to meet with you on the sidelines of the BRICS Background information BRICS summit and discuss these issues.

President of South Africa JACOB ZUMA Zuma Jacob Zuma Jacob (retranslated): Thank you very much, Mr President. Thank you for the meeting, and for your congratulations regarding the elections. It is also a great honour for us to be able to see you today on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, and a great pleasure.

Indeed, we won in the elections, although it was a difficult victory; these were the most difficult elections since 1994, but nevertheless, we got a good number in parliament that we are satisfied with. Thank you very much.

Indeed, as you rightly noted, we are tied by long-standing and very warm friendly relations; we can always count on Russia’s support and provide our own support in return. Thank you very much; we greatly appreciate it. We can count on you.

Of course, today we have the opportunity to discuss joint projects and move forward on implementing them, which we very much hope for. And in this regard, this meeting on the BRICS sidelines is very valuable to us.

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See also

Official visit to Brazil. The BRICS summit
July 13 − 17, 2014

Geography

  • South Africa

Topics

  • BRICS
  • Foreign policy

Persons

  • Zuma Jacob

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Publication date: July 15, 2014, 04:30

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/46222

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