BRICS Summit 2024 Latest News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Left for Russia on Tuesday (22 October 2024) on a two-day visit to attend the BRICS Summit 2024 in Kazan. Before leaving he said that he was very excited about this journey.
During the visit, Modi is expected to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts and other invited leaders of BRICS member countries in Kazan. Regarding this visit of PM, the Ministry of External Affairs has said that the BRICS summit will serve as an important platform for the heads of different countries to discuss major global issues.
Why is the BRICS conference special this time and why can it be held in two days?
This is Modi’s second visit to Russia in the year 2024, before which he had gone to Moscow in July to participate in the 22nd India-Russia Annual Summit. This time too he will meet all the heads of state and other guests attending this conference. Let us know what can happen in this conference.
- PM Modi can hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Putin. In this, various issues related to both the countries will be discussed.
- China’s Foreign Ministry has announced that President Xi Jinping will participate in the summit being chaired by Russia. It is possible that there may also be a meeting between PM Modi and Xi Jinping. However, there has been no confirmation about the meeting between him and Modi.
- Indian Ambassador to Russia Vinay Kumar stressed that India is a founding member of BRICS and is committed to economic cooperation within the framework of the grouping, which he described as a very fundamental principle.
- This summit is the largest of its kind in Russia after the war with Ukraine. This comes at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to show that Western efforts to isolate Moscow during the two-and-a-half-year invasion have failed.
- The United States has rejected the notion that BRICS could emerge as a geopolitical rival, but has expressed concerns about Moscow leveraging its diplomatic influence through the event amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Have expressed concern.
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is making his first visit to Russia since April 2022 to attend the summit. He will meet Putin on Thursday.
- The BRICS grouping now represents 45 percent of the world’s population and 35 percent of its economy in purchasing power parity terms, even though China represents more than half of its economic power.
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