Liputan6.com, rio de janeiro – The leaders and representatives of the BRICS alliance gathered on Sunday and Monday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the framework of the 17th high-level conferences (summit) of the group.
This peak meeting took place against the background of a growing geopolitical tension, including Israeli and the United States attacks on Iran, which was a member of the BRICS since 2024, as well as the continuing genocide in the gas sector and the war in Ukraine.
Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the threat of the last tariff caused concern about this group quoted from the page Antara NewsSunday (7/7/2025).
The two -year meeting was held by Brazilian President Luis Inasio Lula da Silva, with the main agenda of the day, including trade and investment, financial cooperation, artificial intelligence (AI) and technology, global healthcare and climatic actions.
What is BRICS?
Brics was first formed in 2009 by Brazil, Russia, India and China, and South Africa joined next year.
The alliance turned into 11 members, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia, which are the last members.
In total, 10 additional countries, such as Vietnam, Nigeria and Malaysia, also joined the official “country -partner”, a new category presented at the 16th BRICS summit in Russia.
This block positioned itself as a representative of the southern global countries, amounting to about 44 percent of global GDP and more than 56 percent of the world’s population.
Brics encourages multiple world order and expansion of membership and seeks to compete with Western influence on the front of the world stage.
President Prabovo Subanto arrested his trip abroad to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. At his second meeting, Prabaso and Putin discussed global problems, one of which agreed to protect the sovereignty of each country.
