Dmitry Medvedev and President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Dilma Rousseff discussed the state and prospects of the Russian-Brazilian strategic partnership, specifically focusing on trade and economic cooperation and energy issues.

Following the talks, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, who took part in the summit, adopted a declaration assessing key aspects of the association’s cooperation. An agreement on BRICS inter-bank cooperation was also signed in the presence of the summit’s participants.

Dmitry Medvedev and Manmohan Singh discussed trade and economic relations, energy sector and military technical cooperation, cooperation in medicine, telecommunications and transport, and humanitarian ties.

The meeting between Dmitry Medvedev and Jacob Zuma took place on the BRICS summit’s sidelines.

Dmitry Medvedev and Hu Jintao discussed opportunities for promoting the strategic partnership in trade, economy, energy, and the military technical sector, strengthening cooperation between Russia and China within BRICS and the SCO, and also examined international and regional issues, in particular the situation in the Middle East and North Africa.

The President spoke about his views of the situation in Russia and the world, the main principles of Russia’s modernisation strategy, and presented a number of Russia’s specific proposals and initiatives.

BRIC Countries: Common Goals – Common Actions