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BRICS Is Organizing Force for Countries of Global South & East, Lavrov Says

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BRICS is based on the principles of mutual respect and sovereign choice of the development path, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a meeting of Sherpas from BRICS member countries in Moscow on Wednesday.The top diplomat added that "we see in the BRICS a bulwark of the multipolar world". According to the Russian minister, "BRICS is an organizing force at the global level for the global South and East but which is not based on blocs."

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BRICS Is Organizing Force for Countries of Global South & East, Lavrov Says

09:29 31.01.2024 (Updated: 10:16 31.01.2024)

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This January's BRICS sherpas' and sous-sherpas' meeting is the first held in Russia as the 2024 chair of the group, as well as the first event of the kind in the expanded format.

"The BRICS are capable of shaping the global agenda. Of defending the interests of the global majority, of proposing its vision of the future world order based on the objective evolution of things and not on artificial schemes intended to slow down the development of humanity," he said.

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The top diplomat added that "we see in the BRICS a bulwark of the multipolar world". According to the Russian minister, "BRICS is an organizing force at the global level for the global South and East but which is not based on blocs."