Xi, BRICS and Middle East
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Brics members agree they need a new global order but it's harder to answer what should replace it and how to get there.
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The 11-nation bloc avoids condemning the US-Israel war on Iran, showing the divisions among the members.
Even so, finding unity among the loose grouping of emerging economies will be difficult as the war in the Middle East strains their own interests.
新興国グループ「BRICS」の首脳会議が先週末、インドの首都デリーで開かれた。加盟国は新たな世界秩序の必要性については同意しているものの、それに代わるものが何であるべきか、そしてどのようにしてそれを実現するのかという問いに答えるのは容易ではない。
Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled on Sunday initiatives in areas ranging from AI to trade to deepen cooperation among the "Greater BRICS" emerging economies, as Beijing seeks to weld the grouping into a practical platform for Global South development.
At the BRICS summit in New Delhi Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host presidents Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian and Xi Jinping.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders of the BRICS nations for a summit on trade, investment, and global conflicts.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Saturday during the BRICS summit in New Delhi.
BRICS is unlikely to become an anti-American or anti-Western power bloc anytime soon, and its clout is already limited by the rivalry between China and India.
The Brics bloc of developing nations has made a fresh push for peace in the Gulf at its annual summit in New Delhi, as the growing costs of the US-led war on Iran weigh on poorer economies.