15th BRICS summit
2023 BRICS summit 15th BRICS summit |
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Host country | South Africa |
Date | 22 to 24 August 2023 |
Venue(s) | Sandton Convention Centre |
Cities | Johannesburg |
Participants | Brazil Russia India China South Africa Invited bodies: African Union |
Chair | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Follows | 14th |
Precedes | 16th |
Website | www |
The 2023 BRICS summit is the fifteenth upcoming annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.[1][2] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa also invited the leaders of 67 countries to the summit,[3] including 53 other African Countries, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Indonesia and Iran.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
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BRICS expansion
Several countries have expressed interest in joining the BRICS group.[10][11]
Participating leaders
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Russia
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South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa, President (Host)
Controversies
Participation of Vladimir Putin
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In March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14] South Africa is required as an ICC signatory to honour the warrant.[1]
In May 2023, South Africa government, led by the African National Congress (ANC),[15] granted all invited leaders diplomatic immunity. It was unclear whether this would prevent Putin from being arrested if he attended. According to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, it was standard practice in South Africa to confer such immunity to attendees of international conferences held in the country.[2] In response, the opposition Democratic Alliance initiated legal action to force an arrest.[15]
By early June 2023, moving the summit to China was being considered to avoid the issue.[16] In mid-July 2023, Vladimir Putin announced that he would not attend the summit "by mutual agreement" and would instead be sending Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.[17]
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External links
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- 21st-century diplomatic conferences (BRICS)
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- 2023 in South Africa
- 2023 in international relations
- 2023 controversies
- BRICS summits
- Events affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Diplomatic conferences in South Africa
- 2020s in Johannesburg
- August 2023 events in South Africa