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The Middle East and the 2024 BRICS Summit: Executive Summary

BRICS, Energy, Middle East, Security, Trade

The Middle East was a key component of the 2024 BRICS Heads of State Summit, with considerable diplomatic engagement concerning the on-going crisis. Just one day after the Iranian delegation returned from Russia, Israel attacked Tehran. The Palestinian President was also invited to the summit as was the UN Secretary-General. However, apart from the security […]

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Palestine

BRICS, Russia and Palestine:  2024 Developments and Implications 

BRICS, Infrastructure, Security

Vladimir Putin has met with Mahmoud Abbas, the President of Palestine, following the 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say:  Putin: “During your visit to Moscow in August, we engaged in extensive discussions, exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East, reviewed crucial aspects of Russian-Palestinian cooperation, and also

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Kazan Declaration

BRICS 2024 Heads of State ‘Kazan Summit Declaration’ – Contents & Analysis

BRICS, Economy, Finance, Infrastructure, Security, Trade

The 2024 BRICS summit has concluded with a ‘Kazan Summit Declaration’, with 134 points covering 43 pages. The key topics include further development of the association, position on various global issues, sanctions, settlement of regional crises, including in Ukraine and the Middle East, in addition to a comprehensive reform of the United Nations (UN), including

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BRICS, Russia and Iran: 2024 Developments and Implications 

BRICS, Eurasian Economic Union, Security, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Trade

Vladimir Putin has met with Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran at the BRICS Summit in Kazan. This is what they had to say: Putin: “This visit to Russia is your first as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and this has great symbolic importance. Iran has become a full participant of BRICS, and

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Russia Wants Africa, Brazil, and India Permanently Represented On The United Nations Security Council

Africa, BRICS, India, Latin America, Security

Russia believes that Africa, Brazil, and India should be represented in the UN Security Council on a permanent basis, to ensure the representativeness of the global majority, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated. Lavrov said “Countries such as India, and Brazil, as well as representatives of Africa, should have been on a permanent basis

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