15th BRICS summit

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2023 BRICS summit
15th BRICS summit
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 South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa
Follows 14th
Precedes 16th
Website www.brics2023.gov.za

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]

BRICS expansion

Several countries have expressed interest in joining the BRICS group.[10][11]

Participating leaders

Controversies

Participation of Vladimir Putin

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Main article: International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova

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]

References

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