While the summit leaders solemnly swear that they are singing off the same struggle song sheet towards progressive development, the bloc’s leaders’ solidarity is mostly skin-deep.
may have seemed a low-key virtual event. But consensus was during moments to do with anti-terrorism and Afghanistan rather than Covid-19 vaccines or China’s presence in Africa.
Socioeconomic themes relating to Covid-19 were led by China’s President Xi Jinping, with not much by way of a Brics collective strategy. 9, stating Brics needs to “ensure equal access to Covid-19 vaccines … because that is the only way in which we can collectively respond to this pandemic that engulfs the world”. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supportive, but China, Russia and Brazil There’s an irony to the annual Brics summits.
The sad-but-true fact is that Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa make up a mere 6% of that contribution to global GDP.
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