16th BRICS Summit in Russia comes to an end

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*Russia, Bilateral Meeting were held on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit *Leaders moved on to the expanded forum throughout the day

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00:00The 16th Summit is coming to an end, and in this context, let's listen to all the highlights

00:06of this multilateral event with the Special Envoy, Yunus Uner.

00:13Good afternoon from the city of Kazan in the Russian Federation, where the Russian President

00:19Vladimir Putin just minutes ago finished his final press conference, kind of officially

00:27closing the summit.

00:29He is still maintaining, as the other leaders also do, some bilateral reunions, but this

00:36was on behalf of the BRICS, the last official statement, and he provided important information

00:44to the Russian President.

00:45He summarized the Russian activities during the BRICS presidency and emphasized that it

00:51continues until the 1st of January with further events taking place within the BRICS context.

00:59He said 200 events, conferences, the business forum have taken place during the year.

01:05He mentioned the BRICS sports event, BRICS women's events, and he said that these are

01:13continuing until the end of the year.

01:15He said 35 states and six international organizations participated in this summit, where, according

01:23to the Russian President, truly independent and sovereign states have gathered together

01:29that have chosen to choose their own path.

01:32He summarized the activities of the conference within the three chapters, politics, security,

01:40trade, investment, and cultural activities and connections, and then he came to speak

01:46about the BRICS platform, which revived future cooperation with its members, and he set the

01:54goal again to establish, I quote, a more democratic, inclusive, and multipolar world.

02:01He emphasized that interbank communications, settlement agreements, new development activities

02:08will continue, and he provided the news that Dilma Rousseff will continue as chairwoman

02:15of the New Development Bank, despite the fact that Brazil takes over the presidency next

02:22year of BRICS, so the president of the new NDB and the pro-temporary president of the

02:30NDB will both be Brazilians.

02:32But he said, everybody knows that we are under Western pressure, so we don't want to lay

02:37our burdens on the bank, so Dilma Rousseff's time has been expanded.

02:44Very important statements came from the Russian president regarding the BRICS expansion.

02:50He mentioned again that the BRICS countries have established a new category, the partner

02:56country category, emphasizing that BRICS is open for everyone.

03:01And then he explained that during the summit, the delegations have held meetings with each

03:08other to come to a consensus about whom to invite to this partner country status.

03:16There is a certain consensus about certain countries, which the Russian president did

03:22not reveal, but he said there is a consensus, and he said these countries will now receive

03:30an invitation by BRICS, and if they respond positively, then they will be invited to

03:36officially get the partner country status.

03:40And then in the questions and answers part, he was asked whether Brazil was vetoing Venezuela's

03:48application for BRICS membership.

03:51And the Russian president said that he had a talk with the Brazilian president the day

03:57before yesterday, and that they clearly have different positions regarding the Venezuelan

04:03elections.

04:04Putin emphasized that there are electoral laws in Venezuela, that Venezuela has complied

04:10with these, and that the actual president, Nicolás Maduro, has won the elections.

04:16And he expressed his hope that, in their bilateral relations between Venezuela and Brazil, they

04:24will overcome these problems, and he expressed that he has confidence in that Lula, whom

04:31he called an honest and integral person, will treat the matter objectively.

04:37So he indicated that this problem might be overcome, and also shared the news that the

04:44Brazilian president had delivered him a message to be delivered to the Venezuelan president.

04:51So there is, regarding the expansion of BRICS, we have to state the following.

04:56There is a list that the existing members have a consensus upon.

05:01This is necessary.

05:02It is not by majority rule, but by consensus.

05:06And then there are other cases where they don't have yet a consensus.

05:11And there the dialogue and the communication is still ongoing.

05:19Thank you, Eunice, for the coverage of this event and all the information.

05:23We were listening to our special envoy, Juno Zunar, during this third and final day of

05:27the BRICS Summit 2024.

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