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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.

Watch: Russian FM Lavrov Arrives at BRICS Summit in South Africa

© Sputnik . Alexey Danichev / Go to the mediabankRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali as part of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali as part of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 22.08.2023
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The BRICS summit is being held in South Africa on August 22-24. Russia is represented at the meetings by Lavrov, and Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate in the summit in video format.
The head of the Russian delegation to the BRICS summit, Sergey Lavrov, landed in South Africa on Tuesday morning. The plane, just like during its January visit to Pretoria, landed at Waterkloof Air Force Base.

"Sergey Lavrov arrived in South Africa to attend the BRICS summit. And immediately, measuring the temperature is a mandatory part of welcoming arriving guests," the spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.

Upon his arrival, Lavrov has been welcomed by a South African traditional dance.
It is expected that the main topics on the agenda of the summit will be the expansion of the organization and the transition to national currencies.
The South African Foreign Ministry previously reported that 23 countries had officially applied to join the BRICS, and a number of states had expressed their interest at an unofficial level. In total, South Africa invited 67 countries of the "global South" and Africa to the summit.
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