Kremlin hopes for interaction between Putin, Erdogan at BRICS summit in Kazan
MOSCOW, September 11. /TASS/. The Kremlin hopes that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan interact at the BRICS summit in Kazan in October, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing replying to a question by TASS.
"We are hoping for interaction between the two presidents in Kazan at the BRICS summit, if it happens," the Kremlin official said. "But we hope that there will be such an opportunity," he added.
Russia assumed the one-year rotating chairmanship of the BRICS intergovernmental group on January 1, 2024. On Moscow’s watch, BRICS will carry out over 250 events covering a wide range of issues. The key event of Russia’s chairmanship will be the BRICS summit in October 2024 in Kazan, Tatarstan, in Russia’s Volga region.