On the morning of October 24 (local time), in Kazan, the Russian Federation, the plenary session of the 2024 BRICS Leaders' Meeting took place with the theme "BRICS and the Global South: Building a Better World Together" under the chairmanship of Russian President Vladimir Putin, BRICS Chair 2024.
The Conference was attended by more than 40 senior leaders of BRICS member countries, guest countries representing developing countries in regions around the world and international organizations.
In his opening speech, as the Chair of BRICS 2024, Russian President Putin affirmed that BRICS will continue to promote its role, promote global cooperation, give all countries equal opportunities, build a more balanced and fair global governance system, and further enhance the role of developing countries to build a better world, in which the legitimate interests and development rights of all peoples are respected.
At the Conference, the leaders of the participating countries focused on discussing major orientations to solve a number of urgent global issues, such as conflicts, terrorism, poverty eradication, climate change and food security, etc.; emphasizing that BRICS must be a place for countries to coordinate for the common goal of prosperous development, contributing to strengthening cooperation in the Southern Hemisphere, promoting joint efforts of developing countries in responding to challenges, and improving global governance in a more equitable and comprehensive direction.
Many countries also emphasized the need to first ensure a peaceful and stable environment for cooperation and development; promote new growth drivers such as digital economy, green economy, circular economy, science and technology, innovation, etc.
Speaking at the Conference, with profound insights into the “new era - the era of deep connection and integration, the era of smart technology and innovation”, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the vision, “a global, all-people, comprehensive approach and promoting multilateralism, international solidarity, building a world order based on rules, sharing common responsibilities to address unprecedented common challenges.
To jointly build a better world, cooperating for peace and prosperity, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed five strategic connections:
Firstly, connecting resources, accordingly BRICS needs to take the lead in mobilizing, allocating and effectively using resources to adapt to climate change, further developing the green economy, digital economy, circular economy, ensuring food security, energy security and information security.
Second, connect strategic infrastructure, both hard and soft infrastructure.
Third, connect global supply chains on the basis of applying modern science and technology and innovation to create new momentum for economic growth and expand development space for all countries.
Fourth, connecting people to people through cultural, educational, tourism and people-to-people cooperation between BRICS and other countries to build a cultural space of “unity in diversity”, where different values are respected, similarities are multiplied, and the beauty of friendship and cooperation is nurtured; as the great Russian writer Dostoyevsky emphasized: “Beauty will save the world”.
Fifth, connect in reforming global governance mechanisms towards connection, sharing, balance, equality, efficiency, inclusiveness, and comprehensiveness for rapid and sustainable development. BRICS needs to fight more strongly against the protectionist trend and politicization of economic, trade, science, technology, and innovation relations.
Sharing Vietnam's development lessons on "connecting, integrating, and building a better world", Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized three major viewpoints:
Firstly, taking people as the center, the subject, the goal, the driving force and the most important resource of development; not sacrificing progress, social justice and environmental protection to pursue mere economic growth.
Second, firmly uphold the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, multilateralization and diversification; be a good friend, a reliable partner and an active, responsible member of the international community.
Third, the "4 no's" defense policy.
In the spirit of promoting peace, dialogue and cooperation, quoting the great Russian writer Maxim Gorky that “Each nation and each country is an indispensable part of the great human body and only together can we achieve real progress”, the Prime Minister believes that BRICS will unite further, promote endogenous strength to build a world of peace, stability, cooperation and development.
Reiterating President Ho Chi Minh’s words “Unity, unity, great unity. Success, success, great success”, the Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam is ready to cooperate with BRICS and the international community to realize the idea of “building a better world together” for all people.
NDO
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