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On the first day of the summit, Vladimir Putin held meetings with President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, President of China Xi Jinping, and President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Heads of delegations also attended a concert and an informal dinner for BRICS leaders.

The 16th BRICS Summit is taking place in Kazan on October 22–24 under the Russian Chairmanship themed Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security.