Brazil has invited Mexico, Uruguay and Colombia to attend the BRICS summit scheduled to take place in Rio de Janeiro in early July, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday.
"I invite all these countries that are represented here - Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico - to participate in the BRICS [summit] in Brazil. I think that even if they are not members of the bloc, it is important that they attend, because it is a moment to communicate with the entire world," Lula da Silva told reporters.
Brazil assumed the rotating presidency of the bloc from Russia on January 1.