📌 Sputnik Africa brings you some highlights of the statements by leaders of China, India, Iran, Brazil, Ethiopia and South Africa at the expanded #BRICS2024 Summit meeting

🇷🇺 Here you can find some of the statements made by Russian President Putin.

🇨🇳 Xi Jinping:

🔸 The BRICS Alliance needs to lead the reform of the global governance system based on equality, fairness, openness, inclusiveness and increase the representation and voice of the countries of the Global South in the global governance system;

🔸 The reform of the global financial system will only expand. In this regard, the BRICS countries should play a decisive role in deepening financial and economic cooperation. This is necessary to maintain financial security and increase the influence of the BRICS bank, so that the global financial system can better adapt to changes in the global economic architecture;

🔸China is ready to expand effective and mutually beneficial cooperation with the BRICS countries, including in the field of resource development;

🔸 BRICS countries should act as guardians of collective security.

🇮🇳 Narendra Modi:

🔸 India is committed to developing cooperation within BRICS;

🔸 BRICS will soon become an organization that solves global problems.

🇧🇷 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva:

🔸 The possibility of creating a banking system that will reduce costs in commercial relations is being discussed;

🔸 The BRICS financial system will not replace national systems.

🔸 Conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East can spread to the entire world, and this cannot be allowed.

🇮🇷 Masoud Pezeshkian:

🔸 The United States contributed to the escalation of conflicts and wars around the world;

🔸 The period of unipolarity is coming to an end;

🔸 It is necessary to accelerate the process of de-dollarization of the global economy by introducing the BRICS currency basket and new payment mechanisms.

🔸 BRICS will play a special role in the "political equations" and related events;

🔸 Every effort must be made to ensure the protection of the rights of Palestinians.

🇿🇦 Cyril Ramaphosa:

🔸 BRICS is called upon to ensure sustainable development of all countries, not just certain groups;

🔸 BRICS will prepare to launch joint development programs in the field of exports and technology exchange;

🔸 It is necessary to change trade routes to ensure more sustainable industrialization in the BRICS countries.

🇪🇹 Abiy Ahmed:

🔸 Unfair international financial system hampers growth in developing countries;

🔸 BRICS could be a force for a fairer world order;

🔸 New Development Bank could provide alternative financial assistance to countries vital for development, he added;

🔸 Moreover, the reform of the UN Security Council is a question of justice, he stressed;

🔸 Ethiopia is ready to work for multilateralism, based on principles of equality within BRICS.

These theses were reflected in the declaration signed by the BRICS countries today, consisting of 134 points.

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