Vladimir Putin addressed the extended-format meeting of the BRICS Summit. Key statements by the President:

🔸Global trade and global economy at large are undergoing significant change, with the fulcrum of business activity shifting towards the developing markets.

🔸The economies of the BRICS nations show sufficient stability thanks to responsible macroeconomic and financial policies implemented by their governments. The average growth in the association in 2024–2025 is expected to reach 3.8 percent.

🔸By the end of 2024, the share of the BRICS states in the global GDP when measured at purchasing power parity will reach 36.7 percent, which is easily superior to that of the G7 countries. It stands to reason that the association will keep following the trend for maintaining a leading role in the global economy.

🔸In order to unlock the potential of the growing BRICS economies, cooperation must be expanded in a number of areas, including technology, education, efficient resource exploitation, trade and logistics, and finance and insurance, and capital investment must be increased many times over. To that end, Russia suggests creating a new BRICS investment platform which could become a powerful tool for supporting the economies of the member states.

🔸A number of BRICS countries are among the world's largest producers of grains, legumes, and oilseed crops. With that in mind, Russia suggests creating a BRICS grain exchange which would help form fair and predictable price indicators for products and raw materials.

🔸Russia is in favour of expanding cooperation in the field of mineral resource management. It will be expedient to create a separate BRICS platform for precious metals, and for diamonds, since this market is heavily regulated by various trade barriers.

🔸Russia intends to promulgate the Declaration adopted at the BRICS Summit in the United Nations.