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Xi, Putin, Pezeshkian to attend BRICS summit in New Delhi next month
Xi, Putin, Pezeshkian to attend BRICS summit in New Delhi next month
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are among the international leaders expected to attend the BRICS summit in New Delhi next month, ThePrint reported. Of…
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are among the international leaders expected to attend the BRICS summit in New Delhi next month, ThePrint reported. Of the 11 member countries, eight are set to be represented by their respective heads of state or government. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed are also expected to attend.
Brazilian President Lula is unlikely to attend as general elections are expected in early October. Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira is expected to lead the delegation. The UAE is likely to be represented by Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Saudi Arabia's delegation head has not been confirmed and the kingdom has not publicly confirmed its BRICS membership. This is the third BRICS summit hosted by the Modi government, and the second physical one after the 2021 virtual edition.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The New Delhi summit comes amid sharp internal divides within BRICS, particularly over the West Asian conflict where Iran and the UAE are on opposite sides. These differences prevented a joint statement at the foreign ministers' meeting earlier this year. India also hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit weeks before, and the G20 summit in the US follows about three months later. The grouping, which has no formal charter or secretariat, operates through the New Development Bank and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement. The summit will test whether BRICS can produce a unified declaration despite its expanding and ideologically diverse membership.
Source: theprint.in
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