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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.

UN Chief to Speak at BRICS Summit, Departs to S. Africa: Spokesperson

© AP Photo / Seth WenigUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the start of the Transforming Education Summit at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the start of the Transforming Education Summit at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.08.2023
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A summit of the BRICS bloc, which comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa and accounts for nearly a third of the world's GDP and about 40 percent of the world's population, will begin in South Africa.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be heading to the BRICS summit in South Africa to discuss the importance of international cooperation, climate change and other issues, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday.

"Secretary-General of the UN will be heading to Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the 15th summit of the BRICS," Dujarric told reporters, adding that Guterres will leave New York on Tuesday evening. "He will deliver a clear message that in a fracturing world overwhelmed by crisis, there is no credible alternative to cooperation."

From left, Foreign Ministers from China, Qin Gang, Brazil's, Ambassador Mauro Vieira, South Africa's, Naledi Pandor, Russia's, Sergey Lavrov and India's Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at a meeting from the BRICS economic bloc of developing nations in Cape Town, South Africa Thursday, June 1, 2023 - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 21.08.2023
2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg
BRICS: Towards a Just World Order
When asked about the BRICS extension, Dujarric said that it is up to the group to decide who becomes a member.
On the first day of the summit, August 22, a business forum will be held, with heads of state addressing participants at the final session in the evening. After that, the BRICS leaders will meet each other in a closed session.
The BRICS summit will take place in Johannesburg from Tuesday to Thursday.
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