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On October 28 a Contest of young reciters took place at the School under the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Karachi on the occasion of the National Unity Day. The pupils recited poems dedicated to Russia. At the end of the event the State flag of the Russian Federation was lowered in a solemn ceremony on the occasion of completion of the autumn term.

The theme of this year's forum is A Post-Hegemonic World: Justice and Security for Everyone. The four day-long meeting brought together 111 experts, politicians, diplomats and economists from Russia and 40 foreign countries, including Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Turkiye, the United States, and Uzbekistan, to name a few.

Due to the temporrary suspension of the reception of Afghan citizens in the Embassy of Russia in Kabul, the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Karachi accepts for consideration and grants visas for Afghan citizens, including those applicants, whose invitations to enter Russian Federation issued by the territorial agencies of the Russian Interior Ministry have "Kabul" as the point of visa issue. In this case the applicant is not required to provide a permission to stay in Pakistan for more than 90 days.

On October 24 the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Karachi Mr. Andrey Fedorov participated in an event "Diplomats - the Warriors of Peace" on the occasion of the International Day of Diplomats with a Chief Guest Mr. Nasir Hussain Shah, Provincial Minister for Local Bodies, Sindh Government, organized by the Diplomatic Business Club.

Vladimir Putin answered media questions

In conclusion of his working visit to Kazakhstan, the President answered journalists’ questions.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good evening,

Let’s take your questions. Please go ahead.

Aysel Gereykhanova: Good evening,

Aysel Gereykhanova, Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Mr President, you took part in the summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia yesterday, and the creation of a new international organisation was announced yesterday as well. How do you assess these plans and what purpose do they serve?

Vladimir Putin: We asked ourselves this question back when this organisation was being created 30 years ago, I think, and it appeared back then there was plenty of all sorts of other tools that could be used to compare notes on security issues. However, we realised today that this is not so, and these additional tools are needed and must be improved, especially for the Asian region.

This entity is the brainchild of First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. He is no longer active in this capacity, but the entity is alive, and Kazakhstan has proposed creating an organisation on its basis.

As a reminder, the OSCE was formed along the same lines and started out as a forum for discussing European security issues and then became an organisation.

I think this is the right thing to do, since there are many threats in Europe and Asia alike. I will not go over all of them, I am sure you know all about it.

So, in my opinion, it is an important and timely decision, and all the participants supported it.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President [of Kazakhstan] Kassym-Jomart Tokayev,

Colleagues,

Over the past 30 years, the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia has been discussing vital aspects of strengthening security and stability in the vast Asian region.

Today we have met against the backdrop of serious changes in global politics and economy. The world is becoming truly multipolar, and Asia, where new centres of power are growing, is playing a major, if not the key role in this.

The President held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council, via videoconference.



Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov.

On October 8 the Consul General of the Russian Federation Mr. Andrey Fedorov participated as a chief guest speaker at the seminar "Russia Amidst Changing Global Dynamics" organized by the Pakistan Council on Foreign Relations headed by Ahsan Mukhtar Zubairi. The members of sociopolitical, business and media communities also took part at the event. The speech of the Consul General was followed by a question and answer session.

Provocations on Nord Stream  and Nord Stream 2 pipelines

A ceremony for signing the treaties on the accession of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, the Zaporozhye Region and the Kherson Region to the Russian Federation took place in of the Grand Kremlin Palace’s St George Hall.