Xi calls for Brics co-operation

CHINESE President Xi Jinping on Monday attended a virtual Brics Summit and delivered an important statement, calling on the Brics group of developing countries to forge ahead in solidarity and cooperation.

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The summit was chaired by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and also attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, the UAE's Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Khaled bin Mohamed, and the representatives of India and Ethiopia.

In his statement titled “Forging Ahead in Solidarity and Cooperation’, Xi noted that transformation unseen in a century was accelerating across the world, and hegemonism, unilateralism and protectionism were becoming more rampant.

“Brics countries, standing at the forefront of the Global South, should act on the Brics Spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, jointly defend multilateralism and the multilateral trading system, advance greater Brics cooperation, and build a community with a shared future for humanity,’ Xi said. He made three proposals to this end. He firstly called on Brics countries to uphold multilateralism to defend international fairness and justice.

Xi said the Global Governance Initiative that he recently proposed was aimed at galvanising joint global action for a more just and equitable global governance system.