The statement published on the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs website said: “At the invitation of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS summit via video from Beijing on September 8 and will deliver an important speech.”
Arturo Ayala, Secretary of International Relations of the Peruvian Communist Party “Red Homeland,” stated to Sputnik that the Brazilian president’s initiative to hold the summit reaffirms the shift towards multipolarity.
On January 6 of this year, the Brazilian government, which assumed the presidency of the association from January 1, announced Indonesia’s accession to BRICS as a full member.
The BRICS group is an international association founded in 2006 by Russia, China, India, and Brazil, with South Africa joining in 2011. Since the beginning of 2024, other countries have joined the BRICS group.
