BRICS meets in India: What’s on the agenda, why it matters
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Retired Senior Colonel Zhou Bo of the People’s Liberation Army told Al Jazeera that, while BRICS leaders gathering is nothing new and is part of their annual summit schedules, this year, the fact that China’s President Xi Jinping is going to India after seven years is significant.
Other world leaders attending the summit include: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim Philippines President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr Vietnam’s Prime Minister Le Minh Hung Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Uganda’s Vice President Jessica Alupo Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the World Health Organisation’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the World Trade Organisation’s Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala are among leaders of international organisations who are also attending the summit.
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