(AGENPARL) – MOSCOW gio 22 giugno 2023

Taking part in the meeting from the Russian side were Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov, Deputy Prime Minister and co-chair of the Russian-Qatari Joint
Commission on Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation Alexander Novak,
Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov and Rosneft CEO and Chairman of the Management
Board Igor Sechin.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Prime Minister, colleagues,
friends,

I would like to warmly welcome you to Moscow.

Before we begin our meeting, I would like to ask you to convey our best
regards and wishes to His Highness the Emir of Qatar [Tamim bin Hamad Al
Thani].

I have a warm recollection of all our meetings with him, which were
always held at the top level, which pointed to our special relations and our
resolve to continue to develop them in very many areas.

Several days ago, we held the annual St Petersburg International
Economic Forum, which was attended, as usual, by a very high-level Qatari
delegation. I would like to thank you for that, since you are the head of government and, therefore, control and guide your country’s business
initiatives one way or another.

At present, our mutual trade is relatively modest in absolute terms, but
we can see that it has a considerable untapped growth potential. We hope that
our intergovernmental commission will formulate effective proposals to unleash
it. Its Russian co-chair is Deputy Prime Minister Novak, who is attending this
meeting. He is familiar with all our plans and endeavours, and I hope that all
of them will be implemented.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund is cooperating productively with
Qatar, or more precisely, with the Qatar Investment Authority. We can see
substantial progress in that area, which is gratifying.

It is also gratifying that you have come to Russia.

Welcome.

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (retranslated): Mr President,

First of all, I would like to thank you for your hospitality and warm
welcome. His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has asked me to convey
his best regards and to assure you of our resolve to maintain our friendly
ties.

Today, I have brought you a message from His Highness the Emir of Qatar.
It has to do with our further efforts to build up bilateral cooperation and coordination.

Our countries are linked by friendly ties, long-standing friendly ties.
We have common interests on a broad range of issues, especially in energy,
energy markets and food security. We are also implementing joint economic
projects.

I had an opportunity to hold substantive talks with my colleague, the Foreign Minister [Sergei Lavrov], and to discuss political issues and several
regional issues.

Thank you very much for taking the time to hold this meeting. Thank you
very much.

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Fonte/Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71485