27th July'2018 17:47 hrs UTC | BRICS Summit 2018 | Johannesburg
JOHANNESBURG – On Wednesday, July 25, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa opened the 10th summit of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) in Johannesburg, South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa says resolutions at the BRICS Summit will be implemented and the meeting was not a talk shop.
“BRICS is not a talk shop. It is a forum of five countries that want to see action and decisions that they take implemented.” Among those promises include the need to safeguard and strengthen multilateral systems.
The president says the summit also re-indorsed the United Nations as a global institution trusted with promoting and protecting basic human rights.
On the issue of nuclear, Ramaphosa says he explained to Russian President Vladimir Putin on why South Africa cannot afford a nuclear deal now.
He says he did, however, indicate that the two countries will continue talking about the nuclear deal when South Africa’s economic climate changes.
“President Putin was quite relaxed about this, he said you deal with your issues and when the situation changes we can keep talking about this. And that’s where we left it.”
BRICS summit was attended by FIVE members countries heads of state Cyril Ramaphosa, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, and Brazilian President Michel Temer to focused on the theme, “BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.”
After a long productive speeches and official retreat, Ramaphosa wrapped up three day summit on Friday night.
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