00:00It is obvious. That modern energy is one of the key industries. A real foundation for global development. If it works calmly. According to transparent and understandable rules.
00:14When deposits are developed and resources are processed. And supplies to the market are uninterrupted.
00:22Then all this creates a solid foundation for economic growth. The social sphere. For improving the well-being of citizens. Unfortunately.
00:33This truism is less and less taken into account by those.
00:38Who have adopted the mechanisms of illegal sanctions. Who believe.
00:45That they can use them to their advantage in the energy sector. What am I talking about? Historically, it turned out. That it was in the hands of the West.
00:54That the main elements of the supporting infrastructure of the global energy market were concentrated.
01:00I mean innovative solutions for the extraction of raw materials, logistics. Insurance of resource supplies.
01:09As well as a payment system for these operations. In general. Everything that. Along with technology.
01:16Forms a kind of platform for global energy. Western elites believed.
01:22That they could block access to these services for those countries.
01:26That were politically undesirable to them.
01:29Thus allegedly putting them on the sidelines of progress.
01:33But in fact simply squeezing them out of the market. I think.
01:38That many will agree with me.
01:42That all these tools are used primarily as tools of unfair competition. The motive is obvious.
01:49The West does not want competition.
01:52Because it cannot cope with it.
01:54The West often loses in a fair fight.
01:57They resort to discrimination.
02:01Presenting it under the guise of imaginary Euro-Atlantic solidarity.
02:05The fight for human rights, and so on, well.
02:08There are many pretexts.
02:10But what happens in the end?
02:13By blocking access to its platform.
02:16The West only spurred the development of alternative solutions. Alternative logistics, insurance.
02:23International payment systems and technological innovations, of course.
02:27This is all a difficult process.
02:29It is difficult for those.
02:31Who are involved in this process.
02:33But this process is ongoing.
02:35It is ongoing steadily.
02:36I would like to emphasize.
02:38That today these decisions are already largely independent of outside influence.
02:42And given.
02:44That they are gradually being built on a qualitatively new technological basis.
02:49They are becoming more effective every day.
02:51And.
02:52What is very important.
02:53More widespread.
02:54Primarily in countries.
02:56That are gaining momentum and demonstrating high rates of economic development.
03:02I have already said more than once.
03:03The modern world has entered an era of fundamental and irreversible changes.
03:08A multipolar development model is being formed.
03:11Which is launching a new wave of global growth for the entire 21st century.
03:19And this growth will not be concentrated in Europe or North America.
03:23Of course.
03:25The fundamental foundations of the European and American economies are very serious, powerful.
03:30And, of course.
03:31They are functioning.
03:33And they will function.
03:34This breaking distance will be long.
03:36But, nevertheless.
03:39The main growth will be concentrated not in Europe and North America.
03:44Which are gradually losing their positions in the global economy.
03:48But in the BRICS countries.
03:50And in those states.
03:51That want to join this association.
03:55Which see prospects in equal interaction taking into account national interests.
04:01I have already said this.
04:03But in this audience I will repeat it again.
04:05These are objective data.
04:07These are international data.
04:09In 1992.
04:11The G7 share in global GDP was 45%.
04:15And the BRICS share was only 22%.
04:18By the end of 2023.
04:20The G7 share had dropped to 30%.
04:23And the BRICS share had grown to 36%.
04:26And the pace is increasing.
04:28The gap is widening.
04:29I will note right away.
04:31According to international experts.
04:33In some BRICS countries.
04:35Including the People's Republic of China.
04:38The Russian Federation.
04:39The United Arab Emirates.
04:41And Saudi Arabia.
04:42Economic dynamics will be positive.
04:44But relatively moderate.
04:46I repeat.
04:48This is data from experts.
04:52Including international experts.
04:54But the leaders in growth rates.
04:56I want to emphasize this.
04:58Namely in rates.
05:00Will be the countries of the so-called Global South.
05:03Where the GDP per capita is still low.
05:06The urbanization rate is quite low.
05:08And at the same time the birth rate is high.
05:11First of all.
05:13These are the countries of South and Southeast Asia.
05:15As well as Africa, by the way.
05:17Including Equatorial Guinea.
05:19Whose president.
05:21The esteemed Mr. Teodoro Obiang.
05:23Is participating in our plenary session.
05:26I ask you to welcome him.
05:31I will repeat.
05:33Russia is chairing the BRICS organization this year.
05:36And BRICS sees its task in combining economic potentials.
05:39Creating a space of opportunities for all.
05:42Who are interested in harmonious and mutually beneficial cooperation.
05:45I will emphasize.
05:47We are talking specifically about mutually beneficial cooperation.
05:50That is, in the common interests of our countries and peoples.
05:53For states.
05:55That are already or will become promising growth centers.
05:59We intend to form an effective development platform.
06:02Free from negative external interference.
06:04Including resource.
06:06Technological.
06:08Personnel.
06:10Financial.
06:12Trade and investment.
06:14Including the energy sector.
06:16As I have already said.
06:18Which is a decisive influence on the state of the economy and the social sphere.
06:21Despite the fact.
06:23That Russia is not the only country.
06:26That are well known to everyone.
06:28Difficulties actually exist for everyone.
06:30We have our own considerable difficulties.
06:32Nevertheless.
06:34Russia remains one of the leading participants in the energy market in the world.
06:36Over the past two and a half years.
06:38Domestic companies have been able to redirect supplies of oil.
06:40Oil products.
06:42Coal, for example.
06:44If earlier the share of the Asia-Pacific region in our energy sector.
06:46Was less than one percent.
06:48Now it is more than one percent.
06:50We have a very strong economy.
06:52If earlier the share of the Asia-Pacific region in our energy exports.
06:54Was approximately 39 percent.
06:56Then by the end of last year.
06:58It had grown by one and a half times.
07:00And it has already exceeded 60 percent.
07:02In general.
07:04Friendly countries account for over 90 percent.
07:06Of Russia's energy exports.
07:08At the same time.
07:10It's physical volume.
07:12With the exception of natural gas.
07:14This is also clear to specialists.
07:16Has remained practically the same.
07:18Except for oil.
07:20Has remained practically at the 2021 level.
07:22Russia is expanding the geography.
07:24And scale of energy cooperation.
07:26We are building new routes.
07:28To dynamically growing.
07:30Capacious markets.
07:32Including the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.
07:34The CIS.
07:36And Southern Eurasia.
07:38Deliveries via the power of Siberia gas pipeline.
07:40Are increasing.
07:42The export of liquefied natural gas.
07:44Continues to grow.
07:46Thus, liquefied natural gas.
07:48Will become one of the anchor.
07:50Main cargos of the Northern Sea Route.
07:52We will definitely continue.
07:54To develop our own services and technologies.
07:56In the field of liquefied gas.
07:58Create centers for transshipment.
08:00Storage and trade of liquefied natural gas.
08:02We will provide projects.
08:04With gas transportation facilities.
08:06And, of course.
08:08Increase the capacity of our Arctic and Eastern Sea ports.
08:12Strengthen communications and infrastructure.
08:14Of the Northern Sea Route.
08:16My Russian colleagues know.
08:18What I am talking about.
08:20They are aware of many problems.
08:22Of course.
08:24This partly hinders the implementation of our plans.
08:26But, of course.
08:28They will be implemented.
08:30In general.
08:32We are expanding international transport corridors.
08:34By 2030.
08:36The volume of transportation along these corridors.
08:38Should increase by at least one and a half times.
08:40Compared to 2021.
08:42In particular.
08:44We are developing.
08:46The Eastern sector of railways.
08:50When the current year's throughput capacity.
08:52Of the Baikal-Amur Mainline.
08:54And the Trans-Siberian Railway.
08:56Was 180 million tons.
08:58In 10 years it will increase.
09:00To 270 million tons.
09:04Which will allow transporting.
09:06Larger volumes of fuel and energy products.
09:08And their processed products.
09:10From our Siberian regions.
09:12To the Global South.
09:14A separate issue concerns.
09:16The financial infrastructure.
09:18Namely payments for Russian exports.
09:20Of course.
09:22There are some difficulties here.
09:24To solve this problem.
09:26We are switching to transactions.
09:28In national currencies.
09:30And our partners are extremely interested in this.
09:32There are also many problems here.
09:34We understand this perfectly well.
09:36But we are gradually overcoming these problems.
09:38Thus.
09:40The share of the ruble.
09:42In our foreign trade operations.
09:44Is already approaching 40%.
09:46From 2021 to 2023.
09:50The share of the ruble.
09:52In payments for exports.
09:54Increased almost threefold.
09:56To 39%.
09:58And in the first half of this year.
10:00This figure was already 39.4%.
10:02At the same time.
10:04Within the framework of cooperation.
10:06With the BRICS countries.
10:08We are working on creating.
10:10Our own payment transaction circuit.
10:12Which will create conditions.
10:14For efficient and independent servicing.
10:16Of all foreign trade.
10:18I will add.
10:22That energy supplies from Russia.
10:24Allow friendly countries.
10:26To contain the growth of import prices.
10:28Ensure their energy security.
10:30And economic stability.
10:34This allows them to compete more successfully.
10:36In the market.
10:38At the same time.
10:40We aim to go further.
10:42Not to limit cooperation.
10:44Only to the sale of our resources.
10:46Russia is ready to strengthen.
10:48The technological sovereignty.
10:50Of its partners in the energy sector.
10:52Forming full-fledged scientific.
10:54And production chains.
10:56This is.
10:58How cooperation in the field.
11:00Of peaceful atoms develops.
11:02When Rosatom nuclear power plants.
11:04With the training of local personnel.
11:06With the training of engineers.
11:08Workers.
11:10Managers for new facilities.
11:12In fact.
11:14We are not just building a station.
11:16As Rosatom says.
11:18We are creating an industry for our partners.
11:20A new industry of energy in the economy.
11:22I am confident.
11:24That such a combination.
11:26Of the intellectual and resource potential.
11:28Of different countries.
11:30Reaching new frontiers of international cooperation.
11:32Will open up additional opportunities.
11:34For our research school.
11:36For the development of mechanical engineering.
11:38The service sector.
11:40And, of course, for the entire Russian energy sector.
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