The Idea of BRICS plus gaining traction

The expansion of the grouping in January 2024 demonstrates that the number of players committed to making the game more representative and just continues to grow. All of the BRICS states share a common vision of international dialogue where everyone involved is respected and treated as equal. With the expansion of BRICS, there are ever more opportunities to make the institutional setting more representative, to define the rules and potential outcomes of the game to ensure a better future for the whole of humanity. 

The BRICS groping from day one is very diverse and has also emerged as an important forum for people to people contact and cultural diplomacy. It is going to become the first inter-civilizational community where different cultures enrich each other and people-to-people connection with mutual respect and respect for all religions and ethnicity. What you are hinting at is India-China border tensions, which is prevailing since 2014, but that does not mean it has become a zero-sum game. Despite these border tensions, the bilateral trade between India-China is rising at a higher speed, and we have created various consultation mechanism in place to control the differences. Each BRICS summit provides an opportunity for our top leaders to meet and discuss the bilateral issues on the sidelines of the summit.

The idea of BRICS mechanism is not just limited to economic policy coordination. It has expanded into various realms of global governance consultations, including Climate Change, New Energy, AI and Global peace building.