Leaders of growing BRICS group gather for Rio summit

Record ID: 1987296

  • Title: Leaders of growing BRICS group gather for Rio summit
  • Date: 6th July 2025
  • Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (JULY 6, 2025) (REUTERS) MEMBERS OF BRICS GATHERING FOR GROUP PHOTO / BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA AND INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI SHAKING HANDS ON STAGE MEMBERS OF BRICS HOLDING HANDS FOR GROUP PHOTO / OFFICIALS POSING FOR PHOTO (LEFT TO RIGHT): RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV, CROWN PRINCE OF ABU DHABI SHEIKH KHALED
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  • Keywords: BRICS brazil china family photo india russia south africa
  • Location: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
  • City: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,South America / Central America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001773306072025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Leaders of the growing BRICS group of developing nations gathered in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (July 6).
    They were expected to call for reform of traditional Western institutions while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism in an increasingly fractured world.
    With forums such as the G7 and G20 groups of major economies hamstrung by divisions and the disruptive "America First" approach of U.S. President Donald Trump, expansion of the BRICS has opened new space for diplomatic coordination.
    BRICS nations now represent over half the world's population and 40% of its economic output, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told a BRICS business forum on Saturday (July 5), where he also defended multilateralism.
    The BRICS group gathered leaders from Brazil, Russia, India and China at its first summit in 2009. The bloc later added South Africa and last year included Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as full members. This is the first leaders' summit to include Indonesia.
    (Production: Lais Morais, Herbert Villaraga, Sergio Queiroz, Gloria Lopez)
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