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Photos: International Guests Take Part in SPIEF 2024

15:04 GMT, 7 June 2024
The ongoing 27th St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) serves as a fertile ground for strengthening existing economic ties and making new business contacts for participant flocking to the event from all over the world.
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As SPIEF 2024 is currently in full swing, so are the dozens of cultural, media-focused and political discussions that address the event's central theme of genuine equality-based multipolarity.
Over the years, the forum has consolidated its status as a top-tier international event with over a hundred world nations in attendance.
Here, participants discuss such issues as new political reality, shifting global centers of power, sustainable development and much more.
Check out Sputnik's gallery for exciting shots from this year's colorful event!
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Dmitry Kiselev, director general of Sputnik's parent media group Rossiya Segodnya, together with China's Xinhua News Agency director Siu Wai Lui.

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The SPIEF program covers over 10 business dialogues, including the EAEU - ASEAN, Russia - Africa, Russia - Latin America, Russia - China and Russia - South Africa.

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The Omani delegation. This year, Oman was named a SPIEF 2024 guest country.

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Participants from India, Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) attend the plenary session "BRICS Goals in the Context of a New World Order" on the sidelines of the SPIEF.
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President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa prior to the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 27th St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

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An international guest taking a photo with forum hosts dressed in traditional Russian regional female costumes.

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Haitham al-Ghais, the Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) attends the "Future of the Oil and Gas Market: Outlook for Global Demand and Producer Plans" session.
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An Indian guest at the SPIEF.

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Yevgenia Gutsul, head of Moldova's autonomous region of Gagauzia.
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This year, an International Youth Economic Forum will take on the sidelines of SPIEF under the theme "The Day of the Future" on June 8.

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Karin Kneissl, former Austrian Foreign Minister and currently Director of the St Petersburg State University's GORKI (Geopolitical Observatory for Russia's Key Issues) Center.

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Foreign guests at the forum next to stands representing Russia's major industrial brands.

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Serbian film director Emir Kusturica.
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Abdul Hanan Omari, Acting Labour and Social Affairs Minister of the Taliban-run Afghan government.

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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) legend Jeff Monson.
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International guests at the SPIEF.

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The stand representing Russia's Moscow region at the forum.
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