Published October 22,2024
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The UN has introduced Secretary-General Antonio Guterres‘ attendance on the three-day sixteenth BRICS summit in Russia‘s metropolis of Kazan, which started on Tuesday.
“The Secretary-General (Guterres) is attending the BRICS summit, as he did previously in South Africa,” UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq stated at a news convention on Tuesday.
It is “a standard practice in attending meetings of organizations with large numbers of important member states,” Haq stated, including: “There’s a meeting with great importance for the work of the United Nations, with the BRICS countries representing about half the world’s population.”
He stated the UN chief will maintain a number of bilateral conferences on the sidelines of the summit.
The leaders of the BRICS nations have arrived in Kazan for the summit, which is anticipated to incorporate 22 heads of state and 6 heads of worldwide organizations.
Responding to criticisms of the UN chief acceptance of an invite from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Haq stated Guterres additionally intends to go to Ukraine at an applicable time, reiterating that his earlier statements relating to the Russia-Ukraine struggle stay legitimate.
During the BRICS summit, Guterres is anticipated to lift points regarding not solely Ukraine and Gaza but additionally freedom of navigation within the Black Sea.
The three-day summit of BRICS consists of longtime members Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa-the supply of the group’s name-along with current additions Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Source: www.anews.com.tr