Kazan is selected to host the BRICS countries leaders' summit in 2024

Next year's summit of the heads of BRICS states will be held in Kazan. An official decree issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, 3 April, was published on the official portal of legal information.

It should be recalled that the Russian Federation will chair the BRICS interstate association in 2024. According to the presidential decree, an organizing committee for preparing and ensuring the Russian presidency in the bloc should be formed in the near future. Yury Ushakov, an aide to the Russian president, was appointed as the head of the committee. He will approve the membership of the organising committee and the plan of the main events.

The organising committee should submit for the president's approval the agreed concept of Russia's BRICS chairmanship, as reported by TASS.

It should be noted that South Africa is chairing the BRICS group this year. The day before the Indaba economic conference ended, which identified South Africa's priorities for the BRICS chairmanship. A representative of the South African Ministry of Trade, Industry and Competition, said the BRICS group stood on three pillars: economic cooperation, trade and industry. She said there was a need to promote value-added trade, investment within BRICS through the BRICS Business Council and an exchange of views on the use of intellectual property rights (IPR) for development.

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