The event took place at the Tauride Palace in Saint-Petersburg.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin welcomed the delegations of the participating countries and President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Tulia Ackson to the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum.
The President noted that the theme of this forum, The Role of Parliaments in Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security, was extremely important. “It speaks for itself, highlighting the nature of the fundamental global transformations underway today,” he added.
In his opinion, open discussions, the face-to-face conversations between legislators representing their voters fully align with the principles that underpin BRICS philosophy. “These include consideration of each other’s interests, reliance on democracy in international relations, respect for sovereignty of nations and their right to determine their own development trajectories. These principles are close and understandable to all states parties of the BRICS group, which is growing rapidly and gaining a qualitatively new influence on the global dynamics and developments,” Vladimir Putin said.
On the sidelines of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, Vladimir Putin had meetings with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Zhao Leji, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania Tulia Ackson, and Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
On the Russian side, attending the meetings were Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko and State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.