President Putin attends BRICS Summit via video link

This is the 17th summit of the association's member states. The conference was held in Rio de Janeiro on July 6-7. The Russian delegation arrived in Brazil, led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

As Mr. Dmitry Peskov, representing the Kremlin, announced, the event will discuss the following contents:

- Peace and security topics;
- The issue of global governance reform;
- Prospects for cooperation in the political, trade-economic and cultural-humanitarian fields;
- Views on the most pressing issues on the international agenda.
- Based on the results of the event, the countries are expected to adopt a Final Statement.

Earlier, Mr. Yuri Ushakov - Assistant to the President of Russia explained that, in the context of the demands of the International Criminal Court, the government of the South American country hosting the conference could not take a clear stance to ensure the direct participation of the Russian President at the summit.
On March 17, 2023, the ICC's Pre-Trial Chamber issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and the Ombudsman for Children, Maria Lvova-Belova. Among other "crimes," the Court accused Russia of "deporting" children that the authorities had rescued from Ukrainian shelling and taken to safety from the war zone.
As Mr. Peskov stated, the ICC's decision on the "arrest" of the Russian President is completely unacceptable, Moscow does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC and all decisions of this Court are invalid from a legal perspective.

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BRICS is an international association founded in 2006 consisting of Russia, China, India and Brazil, with the addition of South Africa in 2011. From 2024, this association will admit Egypt, UAE, Ethiopia and Iran.
Since January 2025, Indonesia, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Vietnam have received partner status in this association.
Brazil is the BRICS Chair this year.