BRICS Summit Final Statement: Commitment to Continue Cooperation to Ensure Global Food Security

Moscow-Sana

The leaders of the BRICS countries affirmed their countries' commitment to increasing cooperation in the field of agriculture to ensure global food security.

Considering that the BRICS countries produce about a third of the world's food, we affirm the commitment to continue cooperation in the field of agriculture and intensify the sustainable development of agriculture and rural areas in the countries of the group with a view to ensuring food security In our countries and all over the world.”

The statement pointed to the importance of the availability of raw materials for agricultural production, especially fertilizers, to ensure global food security.

Yesterday, the 14th BRICS summit, chaired by China, began with the participation of the leaders of the five countries of the group "Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa" ​​in addition to China, via video technology, and urgent international and regional issues were discussed, in addition to mechanisms for developing prospects for cooperation in the fields of economy, politics, culture and ways of partial disposal. of the dollar in trade transactions between countries, the creation of an international reserve currency on the basis of the basket of currencies of the “BRICS” countries, and the expansion of the use of the Russian “Mir” system for payments.

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