Without her presence China and Russia, the leaders of the countries of the group BRICS They will seek at the Summit that begins today in Rio de Zaneiro, Brazil, to present a single front against Donald Trump’s economic protectionism, although they are expected to avoid targeting the US president.
The leaders of 11 large emerging economies on the planet (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Indonesia and Iran) see this year According to a final announcement that secured the French News Agency (AFP) last Saturday, BRICS leaders are expected to express their “serious concerns” about the unilateral imposition of tariff measures that cause “distortions”.
According to the document, which may be amended during the summit, such measures threaten “affect the prospects of economic growth worldwide”.
BRICS Member States, which represent almost half of the world’s population and 40% of world GDP, will essentially turn against the US president and the offensive duties he has announced. They will, of course, be careful in the wording, so as not to name Donald Trump, as many countries – including China, a power leader in the BRICS group – are in negotiations with Washington on this issue.
The host of the Summit, Brazilian President Luis Inasio Lula da Silva, defended the multilateral approach yesterday: “Faced with the re -emergence of protectionism, it is up to the emerging states to defend the multilateral system.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping will be absent from the BRICS Summit for the first time, despite the fact that his country has a leading role in the team. Russian President Vladimir Putin will also be absent, against which an arrest warrant has been issued by the International Criminal Court (ICT) for alleged war crimes in Ukraine. The powerful Kremlin man is expected to address BRICS members through a video, according to the Kremlin.
The recent 12 -day war between Iran and Israel also cast its shadow at the Summit. Negotiations on how to address the matter in the final announcement are said to have reached consensus last Saturday, according to a well -informed source.
Tehran sought to adopt hard language, but it was considered appropriate to maintain the same line as the announcement issued by the BRICS team in late June, the same source said. At that time, the BRICS had condemned the “military attacks” against Iran, but without nameing Israel and the US, appealing “to break the cycle of violence” and “restore peace” in the Middle East.
Iran will be represented at the BRICS Summit by Foreign Minister Abbas Arakzi.