UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will participate in the 18th BRICS Summit later this month in New Delhi.
As the chair this year, India will be hosting the 18th BRICS Summit on September 12-13 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
The summit will bring together leaders of BRICS member and partner countries as well as outreach invitees, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for Mr. In Bishkek, Mr. Guterres met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the margins of the SCO Summit. Mr.
Guterres, said at the press briefing at the UN on Tuesday (September 1), “… we have yet to officially announce that the secretary-general will participate in the BRICS meeting in New Delhi in about 10 days’ time. He was responding to a question on possible meetings between Guterres and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit hosted in Kyrgyzstan on August 31-September 1.
Through these engagements, and business-to-business and people-to-people initiatives, India’s BRICS chairship has contributed to advancing BRICS cooperation through practical and development-oriented outcomes, the MEA has said. Guterres also reaffirmed the commitment of the UN to support all diplomatic efforts aimed at a comprehensive and durable solution, his spokesperson said.
Mr. Putin and Mr. Pezeshkian are among the world leaders who will arrive in New Delhi for the BRICS summit. Mr. Xi is also widely expected to attend the BRICS summit before visiting the U.S. for a summit meeting with President Donald Trump later this month.
