“There’s an unfortunate narrative being developed that BRICS is anti-West, that BRICS was created as competition to the G-7 or the Global North, and that is incorrect," said Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s ambassador to BRICS. “What we do seek is to advance the agenda of the Global South."
Putin was meant to be at a summit in South Africa this week. Why was he asked to stay away?
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“Any endeavor that fuels the conflict does not solve the problem," Anil Sooklal said when asked for his reaction to Western “attempts” to transfer weapons to Ukraine.
Russia, China foreign ministers set for BRICS meet in South Africa with war in Ukraine on agenda
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