Sunday 13 July 2014

6th BRICS summit

6th BRICS summit

6th BRICS Summit
Sexta cúpula do BRICS
Host country     Brazil
Date     15-17 July 2014Cities     Fortaleza
Participants     BRICS
Follows     5th BRICS summit
Precedes     7th BRICS summit

The 6th BRICS summit will be the sixth annual diplomatic meeting of the BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It will be hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle;[2] the host city will be Fortaleza.[3] Though Brazil hosted a four-member BRIC summit in April 2010, 2014 will mark its first full BRICS summit;[4] the 2010 summit in Brasília did not officially include South Africa, who were only invited as guests in a prelude to full membership, which they achieved in December 2010.
Contents

    1 Background
    2 Participants
    3 Events
    4 Agenda
    5 Gallery of participating leaders
    6 See also
    7 References

Background

Following the 2013 BRICS summit in Durban, South Africa, the BRICS countries released a joint statement summarising the results of their discussions and naming Brazil as the host country for the 2014 summit.[2] Having agreed to set up a new international development bank during the 2013 summit,[6] the member countries reportedly intend to complete the necessary arrangements for this bank prior to the 2014 summit.[7] The summit was initially scheduled for March 2014, but was shifted to a later date at China's request; it will now held in July.[1]

Participants

Core BRICS members
Host state and leader are shown in bold text.
Member Represented by Title
Brazil Brazil Dilma Rousseff[8] President
Russia Russia Vladimir Putin[8][9] President
India India Narendra Modi[8] Prime Minister
China China Xi Jinping[8][10] President
South Africa South Africa Jacob Zuma[8] President
Invited leaders

Events

Host President Dilma Rouseff invited the BRICS leaders to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final. Modi responded in saying: "Sports brings about a spirit of amity and belongingness among nations of the world. May the FIFA World Cup become a bridge for connecting nations together! Jo khele, wo hi khile (Only those who play bloom)."[15]

Agenda

The BRICS Development Bank is due to be inaugurated.[16]


Gallery of participating leaders

Members:
Guests:

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