Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Kazan, Russia, to attend the BRICS summit. He is likely to meet with other leaders, including India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Xi will promote greater BRICS cooperation. The summit, held in Kazan, includes new members Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. China aims to strengthen ties within the Global South.
Xi will articulate China’s vision for “greater cooperation” within the BRICS bloc, now expanded to 10 members, and “open a new era for the Global South to seek strength through solidarity” during the three-day summit.
The summit of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS), now expanded with the addition of five new members—Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE—is being held in the Russian city of Kazan, about 900 km east of Moscow, from October 22 to 24.
Xi, who left Beijing for the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, is accompanied by Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, as well as Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the foreign minister, in his entourage.