Chinese president attends BRICS summit in Russia's Ufa
中国领导人参加金砖国家峰会
Xi Jinping is in Ufa in south-western Russia to attend the seventh leaders' meeting of the BRICS nations. Xi Jinping is joined by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South African President Jacob Zuma at the summit.
The two day summit began in Wednesday. Enhancing cooperation among BRICS countries and on international and regional issues of common concern are on the agenda. Any consensus arrived at the summit will be included in the Ufa Declaration to be issued afterwards.
BRICS leaders are also to hold dialogues with leaders from member states and observer states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Eurasia Economic Union. They will be joined by heads of international agencies and representatives of the BRICS Business Council. According to Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping, the BRICS leaders will draft a blueprint for economic and trade cooperation of the bloc by passing a "BRICS Economic Partnership Strategy."