President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, and Russia’s overseas minister Sergei Lavrov on the BRICS Summit in Sandton in August 2023. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / POOL / AFP)
- The upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan may very well be Russia’s greatest ever overseas coverage occasion, the Kremlin says.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa will probably be there, as will the leaders of the UN, China, and Iran.
- Saudi Arabia is a notable absence from the record.
The leaders of 24 international locations will attend this month’s BRICS summit within the Russian metropolis of Kazan, a prime Kremlin aide stated Thursday.
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will probably be amongst them, the division of worldwide relations confirmed shortly after.
Yury Ushakov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s overseas coverage aide, informed journalists that 24 international locations will probably be represented “at chief degree” and UN Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres will take part.
The summit of rising economies begins 22 October within the metropolis on the River Volga.
Chinese language chief Xi Jinping is anticipated to attend, as is Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, making his first go to to Russia since he took workplace this summer season.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to attend after Turkey requested to hitch the group of rising economies.
“The summit in Kazan might flip into the largest-scale overseas coverage occasion that has ever been held in our nation,” Ushakov claimed.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin didn’t attend a earlier BRICS leaders summit in South Africa, the place he would have been topic to arrest below a warrant from the Worldwide Felony Courtroom (ICC).
Ushakov stated that leaders of 38 international locations had been invited in whole, with 9 sending senior officers.
All of the leaders of the regional CIS bloc of ex-Soviet international locations would attend, he added.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will not be anticipated to attend, with the world’s greatest oil exporter could be represented by the Kingdom’s overseas minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.
Saudi Arabia is among the many new wave of BRICS members, alongside Iran.
Ushakov didn’t give a motive for the anticipated absence of the crown prince, often known as MbS.
The summit will begin with casual conferences on 22 October adopted by a proper summit on October 23-24, Ushakov stated.
Putin may also maintain “round” 20 bilateral conferences, beginning 21 October and ending 24 October, Ushakov stated.
– Further reporting by Reuters and News24