►►Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday attended a virtual BRICS Summit and delivered an important statement, calling on BRICS countries to forge ahead in solidarity and cooperation.
BEIJING- The summit was chaired by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and also attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, the UAE’s Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Khaled bin Mohamed, and the representatives of India and Ethiopia.
In his statement titled « Forging Ahead in Solidarity and Cooperation, » Xi noted that transformation unseen in a century is accelerating across the world, and hegemonism, unilateralism, and protectionism are getting more and more rampant.
« BRICS countries, standing at the forefront of the Global South, should act on the BRICS Spirit of openness, inclusiveness and win-win cooperation, jointly defend multilateralism and the multilateral trading system, advance greater BRICS cooperation, and build a community with a shared future for humanity, » Xi said. He made three proposals to this end.
He firstly called on BRICS countries to uphold multilateralism to defend international fairness and justice. « Multilateralism is the shared aspiration of the people and the overarching trend of our time, » Xi said, adding that it provides an important underpinning for world peace and development.
Xi said the Global Governance Initiative that he recently proposed is aimed at galvanizing joint global action for a more just and equitable global governance system.
It is important to follow the principle of extensive consultation and joint contribution for shared benefit, and safeguard the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law, so as to cement the foundations of multilateralism, he said.
Xi said active efforts should be made to promote greater democracy in international relations and increase the representation and voice of Global South countries, adding that the global governance system should be improved through reform so as to fully mobilize resources from all quarters and tackle more effectively the common challenges for humanity.
By Xinhua
