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Each year the heads of government take turns assuming the presidency, whose job it is to set the agenda for, and host, the annual summit. In 2023, Sergey Lavrov represented Russia instead of Vladimir Putin, and in 2024, Mauro Vieira represented Brazil instead of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Top leaders of BRICS countries. President of Brazil
17th BRICS summit; ← 16th: July 2025 [1] 18th →: Host country ... The 2025 BRICS summit will be the seventeenth annual BRICS summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, ...
The grouping has held annual summits since 2009, with member countries taking turns to host. Before South Africa's admission, two BRIC summits were held, in 2009 and 2010. The first five-member BRICS summit was held in 2011 in China. The first nine-member BRICS summit was held in 2024 in Russia.
The BRICS group of nations is inviting six countries — Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — to become new members.
The host of the previous summit, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, will lead a large delegation in Kazan, the country’s envoy Mzuvukile Maqetuka said. The envoy called the 2024 summit ...
Russia is seeking to convince BRICS countries to build an alternative platform for international payments that would be immune to Western sanctions when it hosts the group's leaders at a summit ...
South Africa formally joined in 2010 and attended the 3rd BRICS summit. The organization expanded again in 2024, with Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates attending the 16th BRICS summit as official members. In January 2025 Indonesia joined the organization. Many other countries are partner states or have applied to join.
The bloc of emerging market nations known as BRICS—which currently includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—is expanding its membership for the first time since 2010.