Maksim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff of Russian Presidential Executive Office: BRICS is driver of global economy

BRICS has everything necessary for sustainable economic growth and improving the well-being of the population – from resources and technologies to human capital. This was stated by Maksim Oreshkin, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office, speaking at the BRICS Business Forum in Rio de Janeiro.

"Today, BRICS accounts for 40 per cent of global GDP and over half of the world's population. Our countries are new centres of growth: dynamic societies with rapid urbanisation and huge domestic markets"

Maksim Oreshkin Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office

He added that BRICS is a global technology leader: dozens of companies operating in the countries are setting the direction for development in the fields of telecommunications, aerospace, digital technologies, logistics, and nuclear energy.

"We are capable of promoting new financial, settlement and investment instruments, including for the development of human capital. By combining all these mechanisms, we can form a new sustainable platform for global growth. Our common task is to actively move forward on this path," said the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of the Russian Federation.

In an exclusive commentary for TV BRICS, Oreshkin emphasised that the BRICS summit reflects the spirit of the group – an association of states with different cultures and attitudes, which, despite their differences, come together for the sake of common progress.

"From summit to summit, systematic work is being done, new initiatives are emerging, they are gaining momentum and are being translated into real decisions, into real cooperation between the BRICS countries and, in general, the countries of the Global South and East. This is very important because this is what is driving the global economy right now," he said.

According to him, today the voice of BRICS is growing louder, and this interaction is gaining momentum every year.

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