Today, on September 5, a meeting of the heads of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) was opened with the leaders of the invited states for the summit in China's Xiamen.
As previously reported, the summit of the heads of the BRICS countries is taking place on September 4-5 in the South Chinese city of Xiamen.
The Chinese side invited five countries - Egypt, Tajikistan, Mexico, Guinea and Thailand - to participate in the "outreach" summit.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov, Minister of Energy Alexander Novak, Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin, Minister of Economic Development Nikolai Nikiforov, Deputy Minister of Finance Alexei Moiseev, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attended the meeting. , as well as the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin.