The BRICS, the global southern block he demands, have wrapped this Sunday one of their partners, Iran, at the summit they celebrate in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). “We condemn military attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran (…), which constitute a violation of international law,” says the final declaration agreed by the 11 countries that, however, avoids explicitly pointing to Israel and the United States. The BRICS do mention Israel in their criticism of continuous attacks against Gaza, remember that it is illegal and ask for the release of. The partners pass, however, tiptoe, unleashed in 2022 by the invasion of Russia, founding member of the forum. And criticize the tariff war without mentioning the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
The host, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has presented the BRICs as heirs of the movement of countries not aligned in the Cold War. The meeting of this heterogeneous group, which represents half of the world’s population and 40% of GDP, has been dazzled by the absence of Chinese president, Xi Jinping, which for the first time lacks the annual meeting.
Iran and Gaza stand out among the issues that have required the greatest negotiating effort by diplomats that the eve of the declaration of the BRICS leaders, who present themselves as defenders of multilateralism. At the point dedicated to Iran, they express their “enormous concern with the escalation of the security situation in the Middle East” and with “the deliberate attacks to peaceful nuclear facilities on the total safeguard of the OIEA [la Organización Internacional de la Energía Atómica, de la ONU]”The BRICS bet on the solution of the two states for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The most reluctant countries to mention Israel and the US were Indian and United Arab Emirates, which have close relations with both countries, and Ethiopia, the cradle of the actionsa local Jewish community that in the 1990s.
References to the hottest conflicts of the moment in 31 pages and 126 points, reflect how difficult consensus is in a forum with such disparate interests. In the case of the Ukraine War, the BRICS admit their respective national positions and as a block they are limited to praising the mediating efforts.
If with the five founding members (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) reaching agreements, it was even more arduous since, in 2023, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Arabic Emirates, Indonesia and Iran were added. One A with which the Asian superpower gained influence, but that countries like India or Brazil would have wanted to avoid because they fear that their voices will be diluted and that it will become an anti -Cidental Forum.
Vladimir Putin, who has participated by videoconference for, has said that “liberal globalization is obsolete” and that “the global business center is being in emerging markets.” If the Indian President Narendra Modi, the South African Cyril Ramaphosa and the Pabowo Subianto Indonesian are present. The Iranian delegation leads Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and not its president, Masoud fishshkian, as planned until the attack that began on June 13. Russian Foreign Minister Serguéi Lavrov has met in Rio with his Iranian counterpart to offer him to mediate in the conflict over the nuclear program.
The executive director of the Brics Policy Center, Ana Fernández, explains that after the absence of XI there are several factors, including that Beijing prefers to avoid the risk of being dragged to pronounce on burning conflicts and is upset by the Brazilian decision not to join her silk route project.
This is the second of three major international meetings of which President Lula will host in one year. Before, Brazil has already welcomed the G-20 and in November will celebrate the COP, the UN climate summit, which.
Lula, who with 79 years is in his third non -consecutive mandate, has found “The unparalleled collapse of multilateralism” and has openly criticized the political priorities of the West. “It is easier to allocate 5% of GDP to military spending than 0.7% promised to official development aid.” The former trade unionist accuses NATO of.
The Brazilian has emphasized that the world accumulates more conflicts than ever. Given that, its recipe is the one that has defends for a quarter of a century and that the BRICs now share: the deep reform of the UN Security Council. Lula considers it essential to “make it more legitimate, representative, effective and democratic.” And for that, the South Global claims that representatives of Africa, Asia and Latin America join the current current permanent members.
