The BRICS enter into a partnership, a collaboration with Africa

Johannesburg. – The leaders of the BRICS countries pledged on Friday to make partnership and collaboration with Africa key badets to achieve their mutual aspirations. At its 10th summit in South Africa, the BRICS said it had provided more than $ 1 billion in various forms of support to Africa last year.

BRICS is a grouping of five emerging countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
Some African countries, including Zimbabwe and some of the Islamic and Caribbean blocs, were invited to attend the summit, as the grouping aims to deepen cooperation with other bodies

. Inclusive partnership was imperative for countries to benefit from the industrial revolution and the technological era

"We need to expand cooperation to explore new drivers of growth in the face of a new wave of scientific, technological and technological developments. We must work together to seize opportunities, "he said.

"We must build a new kind of international relations based on mutual respect, fairness and justice and win-win cooperation."

Over the past year, he has spent more than one billion yuan (about $ 150 million) on humanitarian aid and food security of the continent.

More steps to deepen China-Africa cooperation Russian President Vladimir Putin said Africa has a young and vibrant population that presents great opportunities for BRICS member countries as the country progresses. growth of markets and consumer demand

"Russia has always attached great importance to the development of relations with Africa.These relations are based on many years of friendship and d & # 39; mutual badistance, "he said.

He said Russia had provided more than $ 1 billion in aid to Africa, while trade with the continent had grown by more than 25 percent last year. The president of the African Union, Paul Kagame, who is the president of Rwanda, said that there were many areas of common interest between the BRICS and Africa

" We want to collaborate in key sectors such as industrialization, infrastructure and peace. "

Other African leaders, including President Mnangagwa, pledged to work in partnership and to Collaborate with the BRICS to achieve common goals "The BRICS family is a champion of multi-lateralism that has generally secured the interests of developing countries, and we urge you to stand firm in support of a multilateral system. louder. "- New Ziana.