BRICS Expert Forum Held on Sidelines of SPIEF

The expert panel included:

Expert	Position	Country
Alexander Zhukov	First Deputy State Duma Speaker	Russia
Alexander Dugin	Philosopher and public figure	Russia
Jose Pio Borges	Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Brazilian Center for International Relations	Russia
Ivan Timofeyev	Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council	Russia
Viktoria Panova	Vice Rector of the National Research University - Higher School of Economics and Head of the BRICS Expert Council–Russia	Russia
Singh Ajatshatru	Director of the BRICS Institute in New Delhi Binod	India
Purnima Anand	President of the BRICS International Forum	India
Shen Yi	Director of the Center for BRICS Studies at Fudan University	China
Cui Feng	Vice President of Xinhua Institute	China
Philani Mthembu	Executive Director of the Institute for Global Dialogue	South Africa
Merthold (David) Monyae	Director of the Center for Africa-China Studies (CACS) at the University of Johannesburg	South Africa

As well as experts from leading think tanks and educational centers in Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.

The moderator, Director General of the Rossiya Segodnya International Media Group Dmitry Kiselev, opened the discussion pointing out that a new international system, a new architecture of society is being forged today, the BRICS association being a key element of this new global system.

SPIEF-2024. BRICS Expert Forum. BRICS Goals in the Context of a New World Order. Dmitry Kiseliev, General Director, Media Group "Rossiya Segodnya"

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In his welcome address to the forum participants, Editor-in-Chief of Xinhua News Agency Lyu Yansong emphasized that the BRICS countries need to stay united to rebuff coercive actions and resist economic pressure aimed at breaking their cooperative ties.

During several sessions, the speakers discussed the main BRICS goals and objectives, opportunities for stepping up cooperation in trade, global innovation, mutual payments in national currencies, stronger partnerships in education, and creating a common BRICS cultural space. They also participated in the SPIEF Plenary Session, attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bolivian President Luis Arce, and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

SPIEF-2024. BRICS Expert Forum. BRICS Goals in the Context of a New World Order. From left: Ahmad Almohayani, Economist and strategic foresight advisor. GROGAIN CONSULTING; Alexander Zhukov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Binod Singh Ajatshatru, Director of the BRICS Institute in New Delhi; Philani Mthembu, Executive Director, Institute for Global Dialogue

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The heads of the Rossiya Segodnya and Xinhua signed an agreement to host the BRICS Expert Forum in May 2024 during Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China, the President’s first foreign trip since his official inauguration.