in the european union, when they literally break out the hands of sovereign countries, demanding that they either stop buying gas or reduce consumption and gases, in fact, in violation of their national plans and their national interests. in the sco, the principle of consensus between countries will be closer at the upcoming summit in samarkand , sco leaders will discuss how to intensify trade in national currencies two documents for one - this is the concept of interconnected transport corridors. it's very practical, meaningful an agreement and a second document also of great importance for our future work is a roadmap for expanding the use of national currencies in mutual settlements . sergey lavrov arrived in tashkent on a tour of african countries, which caused an excessive reaction from the transaction. west, especially france, president manuel macron , at the same time was on the african

continent from the french. one would expect. uh, hmm more ethical statements, uh, because he said, if i remember correctly, something like the next thing that worries him about russia's military and diplomatic activity in africa, and what he would not call it, is even cooperation, but support for absolutely failed illegitimate regimes. and shit, well, in general, if you look at the list of countries that we visited in africa, if he reacted to this, then it was quite insulting for african states. the united states remains that irritant in the region that constantly aggravates the situation with a light hand washington, taiwan became another point of tension, sergey lavrov the day before, who met with his chinese counterpart one and stated that moscow

adheres to the principle of one china, our position, and the presence of only one whale, remains unchanged , the same position in words is periodically confirmed, the united states but in practice. how do you understand? e words, not always with them, or rather deeds, they always coincide with words. we have no problems with upholding the principle of china's sovereignty, and we proceed from the fact that there are no discord. or no provocations that could aggravate this situation should be undertaken there will be security in the region one of the key topics that the foreign ministers discussed in tashkent and an emphasis on mutual trust too many external forces seeking to drive in, the wedge between neighbors natalya solovyova and vadim prosov to lead this tashkent uzbekistan the water level in the rivers of transbaikalia rises by 20 cm. every 2 hours , the governor of the region reported today to the head

of the head of the administration of the districts of chita, who urged residents to prepare for evacuation. the city has declared a regime of high alert. the evacuation has begun people with limited mobility are expected to see the maximum rise in the river level this night, report by alexander nosikov. on friday night, the rapid response service cheats were alerted. big water entered the ostrovok dacha cooperative. 2 hours later, this garden partnership fully justified its name, being cut off from the highway by floods even before the start of organized evacuation. most summer residents, on their own, left the territory from 6:00 in the morning. she has risen by 60 centimeters, but we are so in our own way i measure about 5 cm in 5 minutes. it arrives very quickly, the water was moving in a powerful stream, breaking the fence and taking away the greenhouses by 12:00 in the afternoon, its rise, nevertheless, continued. although not as fast, but flooded areas. the depth was up to 2 m, the area was cordoned off by police officers. in order to

avoid accidents, later information appeared that human casualties were still avoided. but the damage is still too early to calculate. now it’s generally impossible to draw any conclusions, because the water is coming, it’s all, uh, more floods the territory and enters the flood zone. eh, even more means. and this is how it looks now, the roadway, the street of one of the cooperatives is water, there is such noise from all sides, as if you are in the center of some mountain river and most likely the level in this particular place will rise sharply in the near future, because nearby there is a highway bridge, and the water will soon go through it, respectively. here the depth will increase in cooperatives , both the authorities and the summer residents themselves began to carry out dumping, but the onslaught, the elements could not be contained a little better, things are a little better in the city itself, here in several areas heavy equipment worked along the tinka river in an hour they poured a dozen cubic meters of sand and gravel

to evacuate the population prepared buses, but almost no one used them meanwhile the water level in the chitinka continued to climb the movement of vehicles on the bridges was limited to very large water very quickly rises itself in shock, of course, anxiety, as if a small child. we are still not calm. situation is changing rapidly, in the afternoon there was information that the embankment along the embankment nevertheless broke through, and in the dacha cooperatives, in which we worked in the morning, almost all areas were flooded. here on this place only 4 hours ago there was a free passage. now here can pass. unless special equipment and water continues to stay, according to experts , the flood is still growing, but in the next few hours. it should go down if the weekend in the region does not have heavy rainfall, the situation should to stabilize alexander nosikov sergey tkachenko and georgy novozhilov vesti chita russia and iran have signed an agreement on the supply of equipment

for aircraft and their maintenance. a new stage of cooperation between the two countries will also affect other areas and economies. this was told in an interview to our channel by iranian ambassador to russia kazam zhili. mr. ambassador, i welcome you. thank you for taking the time to meet with us. today we are discussing. ah, bilateral relations between russia and the islamic republic iran against the backdrop of the recent visit of russian president vladimir putin a. tehran, this visit took place against the backdrop of some turning points. uh, and for our country for the entire global security architecture. what are the main results of the meeting between the two leaders? highlight in the name of the lord with the merciful and merciful first. i would like to thank you and your channel for organizing our meeting, as you have already noted, mr. putin is now on a visit to tehran, this visit is taking place within the framework of the astana negotiation format. but of course

issues of bilateral relations will also be discussed with the top leadership of the country. naturally. the meetings are held in a very good atmosphere. since our approaches and views are very close, the islamic republic has been defending its independence for 43 years now. why are we constantly attacked by all these sanctions, threats, angry speeches are addressed to us only because we stand for our independence. when the revolution took place in iran, the whole world was divided into two opposing blocs - eastern and western and the main slogan of our revolution was not to depend on the west and not to depend on the east. however, we want to have balanced relations with all countries. russia, as our natural big neighbor, has a special place in the policy of the new thirteenth government. as our president has repeatedly stated and what our foreign ministries strictly follow, our relations with neighboring countries must be strong , balanced and creative, of course,

russia has a special place among our neighbors. i think that mr. putin's visit to tehran after the visit of the president of the raisi to moscow was a turning point in relations and, of course. the officials of the two states were once again able to personally discuss issues of bilateral cooperation and achieve mutual understanding, under the influence of which iran has been living for many years, now russia is also living, and these sanctions against russia from the west are unprecedented and at the same time open up opportunities for bilateral cooperation for new partnerships and we intend to take advantage of these opportunities agreed to interact support mutual a-a in the aviation industry, and military-technical cooperation. today we have no and no restrictions. where else can you name the horizons in which we could cooperate together. you have

touched on a very important topic. we, as strange neighbors, have a very large potential that can be used for mutual satisfaction. the islamic republic of iran, thanks to the sanctions, has reached full self-sufficiency in many areas. and today we can offer our goods to russia. and this export in different areas is growing, we analyzed the economies of the two countries and in some areas. we have opportunities, for example, in the construction of pharmacology, medical equipment, it- telecommunications. we can help in the field of fisheries of aquatic crops, growing shrimp, we will supply clothes, shoes, haberdashery, and much more in the conditions that have arisen in russia due to sanctions, we will be able to satisfy these needs within the framework of the iranian policy of confrontation with the west. we have a very common phrase our economy is born inside, but outward-oriented, which means we must rely on our own strength and create production ourselves, but we are ready. enough with others in many areas, we succeed, and

even in the energy and fuel sector. for example, we are one of the largest producers of petrochemical products. this can also become an area of ​​cooperation. we can also talk about the energy industry itself, energy swaps, exchanges of other products. russia, for example, has made great progress in the field of petrochemical industry. we can cooperate, for example, we can talk about investing in the development of deposits. in iran, there are areas where we are lagging behind in some areas. we have to create the missing infrastructure. work is already underway. we have to admit that in the past russia did not have enough political will to deal with iran nor iran to deal with russia for this reason on many issues. we have stagnated 60% of russia 's trade turnover was with strange europe 20% with china and another 20% with all other countries, the percentage of our trade was very low, but now the countries are tied

to each other very strongly and in order to overcome infrastructural shortcomings. we need to interact very actively and first of all. i'm talking about transit opportunities. including the north-south railway corridor, the unfinished section between the rasht and astera, and our government, as well as mr. putin, pay special attention to this and the first steps in this direction have already been taken. now is also a good time to address the problems of cross-border transit on normal roads. i traveled to dagestan and personally was at the border in tagerkent-kazmalyar, but i saw customs posts on the air and talked with employees. now their capacity does not match the potential of the two countries, but i am very glad that russia is creating new opportunities there. i was told that the capacity of the border crossing. i'm a cancer-casmolar by the end of 22 will double. this is very good news. also in dagestan, work is underway to expand the road network. this is also a very encouraging port of makhachkala. expand i was there i was shown these projects

would be great. if all this is implemented, however, we have little time, everything needs to be done fairly quickly, the main obstacle is banking and financial difficulties. here the time factor also plays an important role. the head of our central bank came to russia, the issue of conjugation of the two financial systems is being worked out, they are working hard. now, over the mutual connection of russian world maps and iranian shatab, the ruble is accepted as a currency reference in calculations, produced by the central bank and currently approximately 60% of trade settlements are made in the real ruble pair, also in view of the fact that the volume of russian trade is much higher. we need to have rubles on accounts in russia. that is what we are doing now . in my opinion, this is a very important issue, the third area is customs regulation. head of the iranian customs service. also visited the russian federation and i think soon a russian colleague will visit iran is expected. that the customs agreement

between the three countries azerbaijan iran and russia will sign and the role of the republic of azerbaijan as our common neighbor is very important here. it is very important that both the russian and iranian sides establish their work with their azerbaijani partners. luckily , the eastern part of the railway corridor has recently been launched, and the first 39 railway cars passed through the territory of kazakhstan and turkmenistan to the iranian city of inche, burun, which will allow increasing the volume of trade turnover by road transport. and now they have already left the territory of our country and are approaching mumbai in india this is a huge success for our countries if we build on this success and break down the appropriate infrastructure. this is especially true for the completion of the section between the rasht and astera tok in 2030. we will be able to reach 50 million tons, which will be very beneficial for both countries. and you named several very important areas, and it is very gratifying that we are now talking

about specific projects and specific solutions. now, if i may, a few questions and a few words about the mechanisms and timing of the implementation of these tasks. well, first of all, energy. now we we are, a, at point e, with the highest energy prices. this is especially true for the gas market. and this situation is provoked by the west, in your opinion. what policy should countries with energy resources follow, how consolidated should their actions be, and how in the near future. this may affect the situation iran has been advocating for many years the idea of ​​the so-called gas guardianship within which we will determine gas prices. however, mr. putin noticed one very important point and rightly noted that in recent years pricing depended on consumers, which constantly. they talked about green energy, about alternative energy sources, and thus

manipulated the countries exporting gas. now it's time for pricing in the hands of gas producers. within the framework of the so -called gas guardianship and within the framework of the oil guardianship of the guardianship plus russia format, we have developed a very good mutual understanding, we have established interaction, and together we must regulate energy prices. a common payment system that should replace the swift payment system between russia and iran should help us become even more self-sufficient and independent in our relations. what is the timeframe for it to appear and how soon can the payment system of the world start working in iran, which can become the first step towards a common system. in essence, i can answer your question that we are working in two directions. first, regarding the swift system, we are working on creating our own analogue, which we can use for settlements between the battle, other countries, of course, will also be able to join, and we are working

over this, china, for example, has very close trade ties, both with you and with us. therefore, the issue of replacing swift is very serious, we are working on it, the second is a system so that our citizens can use cards. we are already launching it. there are minor technical difficulties already being worked on. this is not something new, it’s just that our maps are slightly different from each other, and now work is underway to standardize these systems, and then the russians who will come to iran, as well as iranian citizens, being on territory of russia will be able to use their cards, the russians will be able to directly receive instead of rubles, iranian reals, and the iranians, having real on their cards and will be able to receive rubles in russia, the approach to solving this issue is very serious, both in russia and in iran, and i think that's all will be done this year. unfortunately, i don't have the necessary. knowledge in this area to answer your question, however, the question is

timely, i attended a meeting with mr. novak as co-chair of the joint committee, where this question was also asked in the presence of representatives of the central banks of russia and iran, and they also signed the implementation schedule. i think soon everything will work in a few more areas, where time is working to ensure that we do faster and be more active in our e -plans. this aviation military-technical cooperation is one of the sanctions of the west, the purpose of which was to serve the russian economy. it was a strike on aviation, and here russia and iran found common ground and opportunities, while providing support for repairs. maybe, this will lead us to the prospects of joint aircraft manufacturing. i don't know. you will tell us more about this. and of course, military technical cooperation, in which we have no restrictions today, as we have already said. and russia, of course, is interested in iranian drones. the russian army needs this, and as far as aviation is concerned, we are

now cooperating very closely in the past. we have already talked to you when the leaders of the federal air transport agency reached iran, important agreements were established between moscow and tehran the number of flights was increased and flights began to be made to other russian and iranian cities. for example, to kazan to astrakhan in russia, or vrezhd and a number of other cities. in iran, it is clear that if we were able to intensify tourism activity between our countries, the number of flights would increase even more, we signed an agreement on mutual visa waiver, which should come into force. after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, iran is now ready to implement this agreement. we are waiting for the russian side. we are thinking, that the best time to attract iranian tourists is summer. when the weather is warm, russian tourists , in turn, iran can be interesting in winter. then, when it's cold here, it snows. we have very pleasant weather on the island of kish, 20-22-24 ° warm,

but the island of kish is not the only place. there are also the islands of keshem ormus abumus and others. it seems to me that we still need to work on developing these issues so that airline flights are in demand. as for cooperation in the aviation sector, we are working to help. we are very we hope that this interaction will continue, and military-technical cooperation between our countries has been going on for a long time, we do not hide this. we have a corresponding agreement. and as two independent countries. we work for the common good. you know that the islamic republic has a good experience when sad adam hussein attacked iran almost immediately after we had a revolution. we did not have enough military equipment. we didn't even have barbed wire or small arms ammunition. automata kalashnikovs were a pa b to them no today, largely due to that war due to the fact that we

were attacked. we strive to achieve self-sufficiency in the defense of our country and our people. we have potential russia also had very good military capabilities in the past, so mutually beneficial cooperation between us began a long time ago and continues to this day guy. let's talk about the interaction between russia and iran on foreign policy tracks, i mean our common work in syria a. also your plans for the sco and brix organizations, our work in syria is an example of successful cooperation in the fight against terrorists. they were ready to overthrow the legitimate syrian government. with the help of a wave of terror, in fact, the whole region was plunged into chaos , the plan was very cunning, they started in the middle of iraq, penetrated into syria, captured many areas, entire districts became subject to terrorists and the wounds of russia proved to be very well able to resist them, turkey, as a neighbor country, joined

our efforts. we were able to become guarantors of the future of the syrian republic, all three countries were able to establish interaction, ensured the stabilization of the situation in syria, the process of this interaction is not yet completed in tehran. the seventh summit was recently held. the heads of state , the presidents of the three countries held excellent negotiations, part of this meeting was even broadcast. on television. naturally, there was a negotiation part and not for the press, all three leaders expressed their commitment to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of syria, the need to support this country within the framework of the constitutional committee was a political process of interaction between political groups within the country was launched, which is supported by our countries, the tehran meeting became an unconditional success, the need to continue joint work was recognized, it was also stated that the syrian problem has no military solution and all issues should be resolved through peaceful negotiations, as for brig, this very good opportunity. we look forward to very

beneficial cooperation brix includes very significant countries of the world 40% of the world economy belongs to these countries, which also have a very large population and very large markets. iran also has a very big potential and we are ready to cooperate with the strange brix & co. to join the organization. we are also very grateful to russia because of the support of candida. our country to join the sco russia and other countries are actively working on preparations for iran's entry into this organization. we look forward to the opportunities of the brix countries and invite the brix countries to use our opportunities. thank you very much for this conversation. i, uh, will complete it, and the last question uh in the us central intelligence agency recently made a comment such a warning, and towards iran that iran should not develop cooperation with russia too actively because thereby it will increase its dependence on russia personally, i it seems that this is the case when the

enemy criticizes you, and you must understand that you are doing everything right? do you agree with this or what? you have enough wisdom in our countries and our leaders to get around the soviets from across the oceans, firstly, russia's leadership of iran proved to be wise leaders. and the opinion of others does not affect them in any way, if iran wanted its policy to depend on the statements of people in the west or in the united states, it would not have tolerated sanctions, threats and war for 43 years, and of course. americans and the west in general, due to the fact that iran has played one of the key roles in the middle east since the revolution, shows any dissatisfaction with the fact that iran has achieved independence, they have already spent so much on opposition to us. secondly, russia is a large country neighboring us. we are not separate from each other. we have common civilizational prerequisites and historically established areas of cooperation on many

issues. we are very closely connected. the caspian sea is between us, as a common peaceful space that unites our five countries that live on its shores in peace and stability . relations between our countries are developing and this frightens and envy some, but the leaders of our states. there is an unshakable will to further mutually. one cooperation, let it be so. i thank you everything will come true, good luck to you. railway