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The 7th BRICS summit was the seventh annual diplomatic summit of the head of states or government of the BRICS member states. It was held in the Russian city of Ufa in Bashkortostan on 8–9 July 2015.[1]
Background
During the 6th BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, the BRICS leaders signed a declaration reading: "Brazil, India, China and South Africa convey their appreciation to Russia for its offer to host the Seventh BRICS Summit in 2015 in the city of Ufa and extend their full support to that end."[2][3]
Agenda
The summit coincided with the entry into force of constituting agreements of the New Development Bank and the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement and during the summit inaugural meetings of the NDB were held, and it was announced it would be lending in local currency; and open up membership to non-BRICS countries in the coming months.[4]
Participants
| Core BRICS members Host state and leader are shown in bold text. | |||
| Member | Represented by | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon | Brazil | Dilma Rousseff | President |
| Template:Flagicon | Russia | Vladimir Putin | President |
| Template:Flagicon | India | Narendra Modi | Prime Minister |
| Template:Flagicon | China | Xi Jinping | President |
| Template:Flagicon | South Africa | Jacob Zuma | President |
BRICS-SCO-EEU summit
The BRICS held a joint summit with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Eurasian Economic Union in Ufa on 9 July. Invited heads of states or government:Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flagu – Ashraf Ghani
- Template:Flagu – Serzh Sargsyan
- Template:Flagu – Alexander Lukashenko
- Template:Flagu – Hassan Rouhani
- Template:Flagu – Nursultan Nazarbaev
- Template:Flagu – Almazbek Atambayev
- Template:Flagu – Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
- Template:Flagu – Nawaz Sharif
- Template:Flagu – Emomali Rahmon
- Template:Flagu – Islam Karimov
Leaders
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Gallery
References
- ↑ Russian Delegation in Brazil Learns BRICS Summit Organizational Ins and Outs. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ Next BRICS Summit to be held in the Russian city of Ufa. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "The Sino-Brazilian Principles in a Latin American and BRICS Context: The Case for Comparative Public Budgeting Legal Research". Wisconsin International Law Journal. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ BRICS bank to start lending in local currency by April: Kamath.