Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Brics member states on Saturday to oppose sovereignty violations and reject protectionism, speaking at a summit in India, Beijing’s state media reported.
The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with global trade turbulence and energy security, dominated the two-day meeting of the 11-nation bloc.
Xi told the gathering that Brics should “oppose violations of other countries’ sovereignty and interference in their internal affairs, [and] constructively participate in resolving hotspot issues,” according to state news agency Xinhua.
Other leaders attending the summit in New Delhi include Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, whose country has been at war since US-Israeli strikes against it on February 28.
“As the situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region continues to evolve, the war there has caused serious losses to people across the region,” Xi said, calling on countries to “uphold the authority of the United Nations” in his remarks, Xinhua reported.
