Lauding the role of BRICS, he further highlighted that the grouping after the inclusion of five new members has become an economy larger than 30 trillion dollars, representing 40 per cent of the world's humanity and 30 per cent of the world's economy.
Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasised the need for a peaceful and secure world at the plenary session of the 16th BRICS Summit and stated, "We need to build a peaceful BRICS."
"It would be wrong to ignore the unprecedented interest of the countries of the Global South and East in strengthening contacts with BRICS," Putin said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived at the Kazan Expo Center for the 16th BRICS Summit. PM Modi is set to have a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit.
On the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kazan, Russia on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit, Robinder Nath Sachdev, foreign affairs expert said that the meeting indicates that both nations have realised the need to work together a
The meeting in the capital of Tatarstan follows the two countries reaching an agreement on resuming regular patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri highlighted that a key focus area for the BRICS summit is establishing modalities and guidelines for implementing a partner country model.
During the meeting, PM Modi invited Masoud Pezeshkian to visit India at an early date. Iranian President Pezeshkian accepted the invitation, Prime Minister's Office said in a release.
While addressing a media briefing on Tuesday (local time), the US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said that US works bilaterally with the countries in a number of key areas. He noted that US intends to manage its relationship and competition with China responsi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the issue of early discharge of the remaining Indian nationals in the Russian Army during his bilateral meeting on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan.