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BRICS Summit. Day one

The tenth BRICS Summit has opened in Johannesburg. The main theme of the international forum is Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution .

July 26, 2018
16:00
Johannesburg
Before the beginning of the BRICS summit.
Before the beginning of the BRICS summit.
With President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa before the beginning of the BRICS summit.
With Chinese President Xi Jinping before the beginning of the BRICS summit.
President of Brazil Michel Temer before the beginning of the BRICS summit.
Participants in the BRICS summit.
Participants in the BRICS summit.
At the BRICS summit meeting in restricted format.
President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa at the BRICS summit meeting in restricted format.
President of Brazil Michel Temer at the BRICS summit meeting in restricted format.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at the BRICS summit meeting in restricted format.
Chinese President Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit meeting in restricted format.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at the BRICS summit meeting in restricted format.
Russian delegation representatives before the beginning of the BRICS Leaders' meeting in the expanded format.
BRICS Leaders' meeting in the expanded format.
BRICS Leaders' meeting in the expanded format.
At the BRICS Leaders' meeting in the expanded format.

After an official photo session, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa Ramaphosa Cyril Ramaphosa CyrilPresident of the Republic of South Africa , President of Brazil Michel Temer Temer Michel Temer MichelPresident of Brazil , President of China Xi Jinping Xi Jinping Xi JinpingPresident of People's Republic of China and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi Modi Narendra Modi NarendraPrime Minister of India held a restricted meeting, which was later followed by an expanded session with the members of the delegations.

The BRICS Background information BRICS leaders discussed how to improve the association’s operations and how to further develop cooperation in priority areas such as politics, security, trade, the economy, finance, culture and humanitarian ties. The summit agenda also included the coordination of actions on regional matters, including the situation in Syria and the Middle East as a whole, as well as the settlement of issues concerning the Korean Peninsula and Iran’s nuclear programme.

After the meetings, a signing ceremony took place. The BRICS leaders adopted the Johannesburg Declaration of the 10th BRICS Summit. Other documents signed as part of the summit include: Memorandum of Cooperation in Environmental Protection, Memorandum of Understanding on Partnership in Regional Aviation of the BRICS Countries, Memorandum of Understanding on Joint Research in Distributed Ledger and Blockchain Technology in the Context of Developing the Digital Economy.

During the ceremony, Chairman of the BRICS Business Council Iqbal Surve and President of the New Development Bank Kundapur Kamath presented reports on the past year’s work, followed by a video presentation of the Cradle of Civilisation archaeological research centre.

The summit will continue on July 27.

See also

Remarks at an expanded BRICS Summit meeting
July 26, 2018

Additional

Visit to South Africa. BRICS Summit
July 26 − 27, 2018

Geography

  • South Africa

Topics

  • BRICS
  • Foreign policy

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Publication date: July 26, 2018, 16:00

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