During his two-day visit, Xi also met Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Vuong Dinh Hue, chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam.
In his meeting with Chinh, Xi said that China and Vietnam should oppose any “attempt to mess up the Asia-Pacific” – a veiled reference to the US Indo-Pacific strategy.
No new members have been admitted to BRICS, but partners have, and the door remains open. At the summit in Kazan, Xi Jinping called for peace and Vladimir Putin sent a message to the West.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán condemned the terrorist attack in Ankara that occurred on Wednesday. He expressed the deepest condolences of the Hungarian people to the families of the victims and to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
With the BRICS summit, Vladimir Putin not only proved that he is not isolated but also came up with concrete plans for a joint investment platform and a grain exchange. Chinese President Xi Jinping also praised the role of the organization in building a multipolar world order. On Ukraine, they agreed on the need to prevent the conflict from spreading.