This photo shows the national flags of the BRICS countries from left Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa. PRESIDENT SAFE TOWN - The BRICS countries kick off their foreign ministers meeting on Thursday in Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa.
Naledi Pandor, South Africa's minister of international relations and cooperation, said at today's meeting that we will focus on opportunities to strengthen and transform global governance systems and look forward to solutions to sustainable and inclusive global economic recovery.
This year's BRICS summit will be held in Johannesburg, Pandor said, noting that the theme of the summit is BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism. The global geopolitical situation will be discussed throughout the meeting's four sessions, SA's BREXIT Sherpa Anil Sooklal said at a media briefing ahead of the meeting.
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are part of the emerging-market bloc called BRICS. On January 1, 2023, South Africa took over from China as the BRICS presidency.