The annual summit for members of the BRICS anti-American bloc begins on Tuesday, with the core participating in bilateral talks ahead of the largest summit, which includes all nine members and dozens of invited guests from countries interested in participating. The focus was on the members.
BRICS is an organization named after its core members: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. China and Russia tend to be the most influential members of the coalition. This year's summit will be held in the Russian city of Kazan. In January, BRICS announced the addition of four new members to its original membership: Egypt, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Iran. Two other countries were invited to participate. Argentina quickly declined, and Saudi Arabia claimed to accept the invitation, but never formally joined.
In addition to members of this group, a further 33 countries were invited to attend and sent representatives at various levels. At the top of the list of expected guests is Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the first NATO leader to be invited to attend the BRICS summit.
BRICS members have set the top priorities for this year's summit as accommodating dozens of countries seeking to join the union and establishing an independent financial mechanism for international trade that decouples members from the use of the US dollar. are. Several BRICS countries, most notably host Russia, face severe Western sanctions over systematic human rights abuses that have complicated the use of the dollar in trade. Russia is prohibited In response to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, we are urgently calling for a BRICS plan to discontinue use of the international SWIFT payment system in 2022 and create a sanctions-resistant alternative to SWIFT.
Russian media “Sputnik” be familiar with It was announced on Monday that this year's BRICS Summit will have two parts, one for member states and the other for member states and invited guests. The first half of the summit is called “Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security,” according to the paper. The second expands the guest list and is titled “BRICS and the Global South – Building a Better World Together.”
Sputnik detailed that “the participants will discuss the creation of the BRICS digital payment platform, BRICS Bridge, and ways to expand trade in national currencies.”
Tuesday's itinerary began with President Putin greeting the heads of state upon their arrival. Putin met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese Communist dictator Xi Jinping, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva suddenly canceled his attendance at a summit on Sunday after sustaining a serious head injury.
President Putin said, “I would like to welcome you to Russia, and now to Kazan.'' said On their arrival, Prime Minister Modi and his delegation expressed their gratitude to the Prime Minister for his return visit to Russia following his visit to Moscow in July.
Mr. Modi reportedly said, said Putin said he was proud that BRICS had succeeded in “establishing its own identity and that many countries want to join.”
Sputnik claimed that Putin is planning 17 bilateral meetings during the summit.
China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported On Tuesday, Xi said his goal at the summit was to seek “expanded BRICS cooperation” and much of the focus would be on economic issues. Discussions about alternative international payment systems are high on the agenda, as is the growing influence of the New Development Bank, the BRICS alternative to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The NBD, known as the BRICS countries, has not yet left a large footprint in global finance due to its small size and fledgling state, but the platform's head, disgraced former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, It promotes the use of regional finance. We use “currency” as a way to promote NBD activities.
While most BRICS countries are focused on the economy, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and his team said their country's biggest goal at the summit was to focus on Israel, which is currently at war with several Iranian-backed terrorist organizations. It has been repeatedly stated that it is an enemy.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Bagai said this week: “We are determined to use our participation in the summit to hold diplomatic talks and seek to draw the attention of the international community to the threats related to the Zionist regime's continued crimes. ”. to Russian news agency Tas.
On Tuesday, Mr. Pezeshkian focused on the United States as an enemy.
“The heads of state attending this summit will announce their vision for BRICS. This event could overshadow the unipolar world of the United States. BRICS is the path out of totalitarianism in the United States,” Pezeshkian said. said Before leaving for Kazan. “The next meeting will be held [the leaders of] BRICS member countries aim to build a multipolar world. ”
“We hope to reach a good agreement in the areas of energy, industry, trade and tourism,” Pezeshkian added as an afterthought, according to Russia's TASS news agency.
Anti-American sentiment is widespread among BRICS member states. On Saturday, President Putin made remarks that although he has no negative feelings toward the United States, he seeks to separate his country from the dollar.
“I think the United States needs to consider that by imposing continued sanctions, it is worsening relations with Russia and ultimately having a negative impact on Russia,” Putin said. quotation As you say. “So the whole world is thinking about whether the dollar is worth spending.”
In its report on the summit, Xinhua quoted “political commentator” Carlos Martinez as saying that the summit's priorities were tied to “the movement.”[ing] It allows countries of the Global South to have a meaningful voice in international relations, away from the domination of Western voices. ”
