Putin is hosting around 20 world leaders - including China's President Xi Jinping, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - for a three-day gathering of the BRICS group in the central city of Kazan.
KAZAN - Some of Moscow's key allies rallied round Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday on the first day of a major summit that the Kremlin hopes will show Western attempts to isolate it over the Ukraine offensive have failed.
In a series of bilateral talks on Tuesday, including with Xi and Modi, Putin hailed Moscow's close ties and"strategic partnerships" with its chosen partners. "We believe that disputes should only be resolved peacefully. We totally support efforts to quickly restore peace and stability," the Indian leader added.
Ties have"injected strong impetus into the development, revitalisation and modernisation of the two countries", Xi said."Russian-Chinese cooperation in world affairs acts as one of the stabilising factors in the global arena. We intend to further increase coordination in all multilateral platforms to ensure global security and a just world order," he told Xi.
"We continue to see Russia as a valued ally, as a valued friend, who supported us right from the beginning: from the days of our struggle against Apartheid, right through to now," Ramaphosa said.Around 1,000 kilometres from the Ukraine border, the surrounding Tatarstan region has been previously targeted in drone attacks launched by Kyiv.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will meet Putin on Thursday - a visit slammed by Ukraine's foreign ministry.
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