The two-day meeting chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will begin in Nizhny Novgorod and comes ahead of the BRICS Summit slated to be held this October.
Counterparts from 18 EAS Participating Countries (10 ASEAN Member States and 8 Dialogue Partners of ASEAN namely, Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, RoK, Russia and the US) and Timor-Leste took part in the EAS SOM.
Russian ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov celebrated the rescue of Russian-Israeli Andrey Kozlov and three other hostages, however, neglected to mention Hamas or the October 7 terror attacks, reported The Times of Israel.
S President Joe Biden and France President Emmanuel Macron emphasised their agreement with each other about the ongoing global affairs, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine, however, both countries express different views on fighting in Gaza, The New York Times reported.
Following incidents of drowning of students, the Indian Embassy in Russia issued an advisory on Friday, urging them to be extremely careful while going to water bodies.
A day ago (Thursday), four Indian students studying at the Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, drowned in the Volkhov river, with a fifth student narrowly escaping and currently receiving medical attention.
According to Russia's Investigative Committee, a French citizen, purportedly employed by the non-profit Swiss Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, was apprehended on suspicion of "collecting information in the field of military activities of the Russian Federation."
In an unfortunate incident, five Indian students drowned in a river, of which one was saved in Russia's St Petersburg. The Indian embassy has assured that the authorities are working to send the bodies to the relatives as soon as possible.
The programme includes more than 150 thematic sessions with over 1,000 speakers. The event will focus on developing business relations and expanding contacts with trade partners from the CIS countries, the Arab world, India, China, EAEU-ASEAN and Latin America.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives congratulatory telephone call from his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina for his electoral victory, where the two leaders vowed to continue working together to achieve the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047 and Smart Bangladesh 2041.