Published October 10,2024
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The leaders of 24 nations will attend this month’s BRICS summit within the Russian metropolis of Kazan, a high Kremlin aide stated Thursday.
Yury Ushakov, Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s international coverage aide, informed journalists that 24 nations might be represented “at leader level” and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will take part.
The summit of rising economies begins October 22 within the metropolis on the River Volga.
Chinese chief Xi Jinping is anticipated to attend, as is Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, making his first go to to Russia since he took workplace this summer season.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is to attend after Turkey requested to affix the group of rising economies.
“The summit in Kazan could turn into the largest-scale foreign policy event that has ever been held in our country,” Ushakov claimed.
The group takes its identify from the preliminary letters of the 5 members who joined in 2009 — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — however has since expanded to incorporate Middle Eastern nations, together with Iran.
Ushakov stated that leaders of 38 nations had been invited in whole, with 9 sending senior officers.
All the leaders of the regional CIS bloc of ex-Soviet nations would attend, he added.
The summit will begin with casual conferences on October 22 adopted by a proper summit on October 23-24, Ushakov stated.
Putin may even maintain “around” 20 bilateral conferences, beginning October 21 and ending October 24, Ushakov stated.
There may even be a business discussion board held forward of the summit in Moscow on October 18, with Putin giving a speech.
Russia final hosted a BRICS summit in 2015 within the metropolis of Ufa.
Source: www.anews.com.tr