BRICS summit opens in Brazil with key leaders notably absent

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BRICS summit opens in Brazil with key leaders notably absent  BRICS leaders set to discuss key global political issues in Rio de Janeiro, but questions over the bloc’s cohesion arise as Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin opt to skip the summit.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/06/brics-summit-opens-in-brazil-with-key-leaders-notably-absent  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Leaders of the BRICS bloc are convening in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for a two-day summit.

00:05They're expected to discuss many pressing political topics,

00:08chief among them U.S. President Donald Trump's global tariffs,

00:11which have been paused for 90 days but are set to resume on Wednesday.

00:15Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are hoping to formulate

00:19a unified response to a potential trade war which threatens major instability.

00:23The summit, however, did feature two major absences in Chinese President Xi Jinping

00:27and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

00:30The Chinese leader has sent Prime Minister Li Keung in his place,

00:33skipping the summit for the first time since his rise to power in 2012.

00:37According to the Kremlin, Putin is avoiding arrest amid a pending warrant by the International Criminal Court

00:42for his role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

00:46Their absence has raised questions over the bloc's cohesion.

00:49In a video address, Putin says BRICS are united and strong,

00:53noted that the bloc, which accounts for 40 percent of the world economy, is still rapidly growing.

01:00Kremlin's travelled out with Canadians we use the bay in,

01:05in front of the territory of light federal war because refunded and

01:17many countries don't over the field of force were built.

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