The BRICS summit in Kazan is seen by the Kremlin as a diplomatic victory and an opportunity to show that Putin is not isolated.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva decided at the last moment not to go to the BRICS summit in Kazan, which will take place on October 22-24. His press service explained that he was no longer allowed to fly long distances “for medical reasons”; The Moscow Times wrote this on Sunday, October 20.
On October 19, Lula da Silva was admitted to the Cirio Libanes Hospital due to a domestic accident in which he sustained blunt trauma to the back of his head. After the examination, the doctors advised him to avoid long air travel and to stay under control. He was supposed to fly to Kazan on October 20.
The Kremlin earlier reported that an agreement had been reached between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Brazilian counterpart regarding a bilateral meeting during the BRICS summit.
The BRICS summit in Kazan is seen by the Kremlin as a diplomatic victory and an opportunity to show that Putin is not isolated.
An aide to the President of the Russian Federation called the upcoming meeting “the biggest foreign policy proposal” ever held in Russia. Putin was absent from the group’s last meeting in South Africa, fearing arrest due to a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
By holding the BRICS gathering in Kazan, the Kremlin “wants to show that Russia is not only not isolated, but has partners and allies,” political scientist Konstantin Kalachev told AFP.
It was previously known that Kazakhstan has no plans to join BRICS, despite the fact that the country’s President Kassim-Jomart Tokayev has received such proposals.
Let’s remember that from January 1, 2024, BRICS will include six countries – Argentina, Egypt, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia. At the end of December 2023, Argentina’s newly elected President Javier Miley rejected the proposal to join BRICS.
At the same time, Chinese leaders in India Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi will visit the Russian city of Kazan on October 22-24 to participate in the BRICS leaders’ summit.
Source: korrespondent
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