Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it is time to raise the BRICS’ role to a new level to make it an unalienable part of the global management system amidst attempts by some states to displace “unwanted regimes”.
“I believe it is time to raise the BRICS’ role to a new level and to make our association an unalienable part of the global management system for sustainable development,” he was quoted as saying by the Russian news agency Itar-Tass ahead of the BRICS Summit in this north eastern coastal city.
He said the joint efforts of BRICS member states - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - have truly contributed to enhancing predictability and sustainability in international relations.
“First of all, to develop cooperation in the UN in every possible way, persistently counteract individual states’ attempts to impose on the international community the policy of displacing unwanted regimes and promoting unilateral solutions to crisis situations,” he said.
He proposed to create a mechanism of regular high level consultations between the BRICS Foreign Ministries on regional conflicts to agree on common positions and joint efforts to ensure their political and diplomatic settlement.
Without directly naming any country, Putin said that “any attempts to create a model of international relations where all decisions are made within a single ‘pole’ are ineffective, malfunction regularly, and are ultimately set to fail.”
Citing example of Syria, he said without Russia’s and China’s principled position in the UN Security Council the events in that country would have followed the libyan and Iraqi scenario.
He said the members states should coordinate BRICS policy more actively and counteract security threats and challenges, including counter-terrorism and combating drug trafficking.