Russia: Lavrov warns of Western interest in stopping BRICS group

Moscow, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday denounced the Western actions to prevent the expansion of the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).

June 30, 2023
11:43

“The West goals are to stop Russia, China, and others from strengthening the ranks of like-minded nations, obstruct the expansion of the BRICS, and the rise in its global authority,” Lavrov said at an online briefing.

The Russian foreign minister added that the global majority does not want to live by Western rules but stands for the universal standards of international law, especially those enshrined in the United Nations Charter.

The head of Russian diplomacy noted that the main non-alternative principle of the UN Charter, on which the world organization is based, is the sovereign equality of countries, which the West is trying to ignore.

The BRICS, currently chaired by South Africa, accounts for more than 20 percent of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 42 percent of the world’s population.

The next BRICS leaders’ summit will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 22-24.

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