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2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg
The 15th BRICS summit will take place from August 22-24 in Johannesburg, South Africa, which assumed the rotating BRICS presidency in January 2023.

BRICS New Development Bank Becomes Important Lender for Emerging Markets: President

© Sputnik . Pavel Bednyakov / Go to the mediabankPresident of the BRICS New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff speaks at the plenary session of the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit and Forum at the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Center.
President of the BRICS New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff speaks at the plenary session of the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit and Forum at the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Center. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.08.2023
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In July 2014, the New BRICS Development Bank was established. Its principal aim is to finance stable infrastructure and development projects in BRICS's member states and developing countries in general.
BRICS' New Development Bank (NDB) has great development potential and will turn into an important financial institution for emerging markets and developing countries, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing the lender's head, former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
"We’ll [NDB] transform ourselves into an important bank for developing countries and emerging markets," the newspaper reported, quoting Rousseff as saying.
She added that the lender's focus is to become "a bank made by developing countries for themselves."
The Shanghai-based bank was established in 2014 by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa and was later joined by Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. Uruguay is currently in the process of joining the NDB.
New Development Bank's logo in the HQ of the bank in Shanghai. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 21.08.2023
2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg
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The bank's goal is to mobilize resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in emerging markets and developing countries.
The BRICS group of major emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - will hold a summit in Johannesburg from August 22-24. The summit's agenda includes economic relations, trade infrastructure and the potential switch to a common currency to reduce member states' reliance on the US dollar.
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