BRICS Summit
BRICS Summit
Vladimir Putin took
part in the 14th BRICS Summit, held via
videoconference and chaired by China.
June 23, 2022
16:40
Moscow Region
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/68696#
The meeting’s
topic is Foster High-Quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New
Era for Global Development.
President
of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, President of the People's Republic
of China Xi Jinping, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, and President of the Republic
of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa are also taking part in the meeting.
The Beijing Declaration of the 14th BRICS
Summit formalises
the key agreements of the meeting.
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Speech
by the President of the Russian Federation
at the BRICS Summit
President
of Russia Vladimir Putin: President Xi Jinping, President Ramaphosa,
President Bolsonaro, Prime Minister Modi, ladies and gentlemen,
To begin with,
I would like to join the previous speakers in thanking
President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping
and all our Chinese friends for their proactive efforts this year
to promote our strategic partnership within BRICS.
The countries
that form this group have been seeking to step up their cooperation
on all global and regional matters. The BRICS format has been
consistently increasing its prestige and international influence. This is
an objective process, since the five BRICS countries, as we all
know, have immense political, economic, scientific, technical and human
potential. We have everything we need to work together and achieve
results for ensuring global stability and security, sustained growth
and prosperity, and better well-being for our people.
I believe that
the topic of today’s meeting, Foster High-Quality BRICS
Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development, is very
relevant. Considering the complexity of the challenges
and threats the international community is facing,
and the fact that they transcend borders, we need to come up
with collective solutions. BRICS can make a meaningful contribution
to these efforts.
We have repeatedly
said that challenges like conflict settlement, the fight against terrorism
and organised crime, including the criminal use of new
technologies, climate change, and the spread of dangerous
infections, can only be addressed through joint efforts.
And, of course,
it is only on the basis of honest and mutually beneficial
cooperation that we can look for ways out of the critical
situation that has emerged in the world economy because
of the ill-conceived and selfish actions of certain states,
which, by using financial mechanisms, are actually shifting their own macroeconomic
policy mistakes onto the rest of the world.
We are confident that
today, as never before, the world needs the BRICS countries’
leadership in defining a unifying and positive course
for forming a truly multipolar system of interstate relations based
on the universal norms of international law
and the key principles of the UN Charter. In this
context, we can count on support from many states in Asia, Africa
and Latin America, which are seeking to pursue an independent
policy.
I am sure that
by tradition the present BRICS Summit will be substantive
and effective, and that we will manage to hold a frank
and detailed exchange of views on all the most important
global and regional issues and various aspects of strategic
partnership, including in the extended dialogue format
of BRICS+.
Let me stress: Russia
is ready to continue promoting close and versatile interaction with
all BRICS partners and contributing to the group’s greater role
in international affairs.
Thank you
for your attention.
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See also
XIV BRICS Summit Beijing Declaration
