Lavrov arrives in Rio de Janeiro to attend the BRICS summit

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in Rio de Janeiro to attend the BRICS summit. This was reported by TASS on July 6.

It is specified that this summit will be held from July 6 to July 7.

Earlier, Russian Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin would join the summit only via video conferencing. According to him, the Russian leader will participate in the main events via video link due to difficulties in the context of the requirements of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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The SCMP newspaper reported on June 25 that Chinese President Xi Jinping would miss the BRICS summit for several reasons. First of all, Xi Jinping has already met twice with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Secondly, there was a problem with the Chinese leader's schedule.