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Ilsur Metshin meets with a delegation from South Africa
Today, Kazan Mayor Ilsur
Metshin met with a delegation from the Republic of South Africa, which arrived
in the city to participate in the BRICS Summit. The parties discussed mutually
beneficial cooperation and the implementation of joint projects.
The delegation from South Africa included Minister of Trade, Industry,
and Competition Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau; his assistant, Tumelo Motsepe; Deputy
Director of Public Relations at the Ministry, Kamil Alli; and a representative
from the Russian office of South Africa's Ministry of Trade and Industry, Irina
Cheburkova.
For reference, the delegation from South Africa is headed by President
Cyril Ramaphosa. They were welcomed at the airport by Rustam Minnikhanov, the
Rais (Head) of Tatarstan, and the Mayor of Kazan.
Kazan maintains relations with cities in South Africa and with the
Association of Local Authorities in South Africa (SALGA), through
inter-municipal cooperation. Active collaboration has also been established
within the World Organization of United Cities and Local Authorities.
This June, a delegation from South Africa participated in the founding
conference of the Association of Cities and Municipalities from BRICS+ states.
Bheke Stofile, president of the South African Local Government Association, was
one of the first to support the establishment of this organization.
In September 2023, a delegation from South Africa visited Kazan to take
part in a forum that brought together cities as part of the International Forum
«Russia and China: mutually beneficial cooperation». In May 2023, a retreat
called «Cities of Eurasia and Global Trends» took place in Kazan, which was
held by UCLG-Eurasia and the Kazan Mayor’s Office. The delegation from South
Africa, led by SALGA President Bheke Stofile, took part in this event. Earlier,
in 2019, representatives from Kazan, led by Ilsur Metshin, visited South Africa
to attend the 6th World Summit of UCLG.
This week, the BRICS Summit takes place in Kazan. Representatives from about 36 countries, 22 heads of states, as well as six international organizations have arrived in the city.