It is noted that Lavrov’s welcoming speech to the participants of the international festival “Russian student spring of the BRICS and SCO countries” was read by Sergey Malenko, head of the CIS department for Rossotrudnichestvo.

“Building up cooperation in these formats (BRICS and SCO. - RT ) is among the unconditional priorities of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation,” RIA Novosti quoted him.

Earlier, the ex-president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, called relations between Moscow and Nur-Sultan exemplary.

He also noted the need for further integration of the EAEU with the EU, ASEAN, SCO and other organizations.