It’s confirmed, Russian President Putin won’t attend the Brics Summit

Johnathan Paoli

In a message to the media on Wednesday, Spokesperson to the Presidency, Vincent Magwenya, has confirmed South Africa’s readiness to host the historic 15th Summit of BRICS nations.

The Presidency confirmed that the Summit will be attended by the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa, whilst by mutual agreement, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will not attend in person, but will be represented by the Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

This will be the first BRICS Summit to be hosted in person since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent global restrictions.

This follows on a number of consultations on the hosting of the Summit which have been held over the last few weeks, culminating in the President’s most recent consultation taking place on Tuesday night, at the BRICS Political Party Dialogue in Gauteng.

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