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The CELAC, a bloc of 33 countries is home to roughly 600 million people.
Both sides have exchanged detained fishermen earlier this month in a bid to ease tensions.
Officials in Nigeria's northeastern states are alarmed by recent Boko Haram attacks which killed 18 and injured hundreds.
The region has been beset by violence as 91 people were killed in in recent months.
Security has been tightened in New Delhi and in other parts of the country.
Putin said last summer this is a strategically important region for Russia.
She said Brazil will emerge stronger after current global crisis.
The blats will likely frustrate government efforts to stabilise the country on the eve of the third anniversary of Egypt's uprising.
Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao attended the opening ceremony in Beijing.
