Hosting of BRICS Summit 'all in all, a big success', says Pandor
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, has praised South Africa in hosting the BRICS Summit for three days this week and hailed it a huge success.
The summit was held in Sandton, Johannesburg from Tuesday till Thursday , where the five countries of emerging economies forming BRICS, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, discussed ways to improve trade between member states and addressing calls for a new world order.
The summit, drew more than 60 heads of state, with Russian President Vladimir Putin attending virtually.
This was due to his International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant of arrest for alleged war crimes linked to the war in Ukraine.
"All in all a big success. Well done South Africa for hosting a 15th BRICS summit so well", said Pandor during engagements with Ubuntu Radio on Friday.
Pandor stated that the focus is now on the future of BRICS as the remainder of South Africa as the chair of BRICS until December.
"We have agreed to establish more sectoral bodies, one of them being the Women’s Business Alliance, which reported to the summit, and the youth council, which has been created.
"We are not looking at BRICS for now, but we are looking at BRICS well into the future, and the presence of those young people confirms that we have a forward looking approach to this forum."
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