Xi Jinping calls for peace
On the closing day of the BRICS Summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the BRICS to persevere in maintaining peace and establishing common security, including promoting the alleviation of the crisis in Ukraine and paving the way for a political settlement.
According to MTI, he said, "BRICS countries should be a stabilizing force in maintaining peace, strengthening global security governance and seeking solutions to acute problems, while addressing the causes and symptoms". He urged the achievement of a comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and to prevent the spread of war in Lebanon. He expressed his conviction that the group should take the lead in reforming the global economic governance system. He outlined that China will always take care of the global south regardless of changes in the international situation.
Vladimir Putin sent a message to the West
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed at the enlarged meeting to discuss the creation of an independent platform for BRICS free from dictates. This, he said, would help unlock the potential of the growing economies of the alliance's member states and boost investment in the Global South and East, including in major infrastructure and technology projects. He also called on interested countries to cooperate on projects such as the North-South International Transport Corridor and the Northern Sea Route, MTI reported.
He criticized what he saw as the West's use of Ukraine to create critical threats to Russia's security while ignoring Moscow's vital interests and legitimate concerns about the violation of the rights of its ethnic Russians. "Now they make no secret at all of their goal to inflict a strategic defeat on our country," Putin was quoted as saying by the news agency. "I say it openly: these are illusory calculations, which can only be made by those who do not know Russia's history, who do not take into account the unity, spiritual strength and cohesion of its people forged over centuries," he warned.
