The member states of BRICS referred to as for “a world freed from nuclear weapons” in a joint declaration adopted on Thursday.
“We reaffirm our dedication to a world freed from nuclear weapons and stress our robust dedication to nuclear disarmament and our help to the work on this topic throughout the session of 2022 of the Convention on Disarmament,” the declaration reads.
The group additionally lauded a joint assertion by the everlasting members of the UN Safety Council (P5) – China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US – affirming {that a} “nuclear struggle can’t be gained and mustn’t ever be fought.” The most important nuclear powers managed to indicate a uncommon show of unity earlier this yr.
Other than that, the BRICS decision rallied help in direction of “negotiations in bilateral and multilateral codecs to resolve all points pertaining to the Korean Peninsula, together with its full denuclearization.” The group additionally urged to “resolve the Iranian nuclear situation via peaceable and diplomatic means.”
The BRICS bloc – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – has convened for its 14th summit, hosted by China, which at the moment holds the rotating presidency inside the group. The BRICS leaders held a gathering on Thursday through a video hyperlink.
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