Temer delivers a farewell speech at the BRIC meeting and defends protectionism partnerships | Politics

The group brings together leaders from Russia, India, China, and South Africa beyond Brazil, where Temer is in the Argentine capital for the G20 summit. The BRIC met this morning outside the main event at an informal meeting.

In his speech, Temer defended the union of the five countries against what he called the "challenges that go through tendencies to protectionism."

"After 10 years of economic crisis [de 2008] we are once again facing difficult times, not the same challenges, but also collective challenges, which go through tendencies to protectionism, to Isolationism and unilateralism and which, therefore, require collective responses as before, they demand that we stick to the same simple but powerful idea, a simple idea to join forces, "he said. Temer.

"We stand individually and jointly against protectionism and defend a rules-based international trading system," said the president

. Brazil badumes the rotating presidency of the BRICs next year, at the 11th group dome.

Temer recalled that he had invited the elected President, Jair Bolsonaro, to travel to Buenos Aires, but that he had been prevented. He also said his successor would play an active role in Brics.