Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia’s Sherpa in BRICS Sergey Ryabkov interview with RT News following the BRICS

Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia’s Sherpa in BRICS Sergey Ryabkov interview with RT News following the BRICS Sherpas/Sous Sherpas Meeting in Yekaterinburg, Russia (November 27, 2024) Key talking points: Russia’s Chairship in BRICS • BRICS is a networking body, a unity of like-minded countries (which are so diverse, many of them represent whole civilizations) build up their commonality of views. Consensus, solidarity and unity — these are the three words upon which BRICS is built. • Over 250 events took place [during the Russian Chairship in BRICS], the highlight of those being, of course, the historic XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan. We have managed to deliver on the issue how to develop an alternative to the Western-dominated financial and banking system. • We were able to develop the [BRICS] partner-country category, and we are hopeful that before the Russian Chairship formally ends in December, we would be in a position to announce the list of those countries tha... Source: Russian MFA