"The BRICS countries have implemented 83% of the decisions from the Kazan Summit 2024 in key cooperation areas, surpassing the average implementation rate of 77% recorded between 2011 and 2023. For the first time, our monitoring included actions taken by new BRICS members — Iran, Egypt, the UAE, and Ethiopia," the report states.

"The BRICS commitment to advancing cooperation for reducing emissions and capturing greenhouse gases has been fully realised, achieving a 100% implementation rate. Additionally, the decision to increase the use of #BRICS national currencies for mutual settlements has reached an implementation level of 83%," the analysts pointed out.

"We encourage strengthening ties between experts communities and civil society of BRICS countries. In this regard, we welcome the successful holding of the BRICS Academic Forum and BRICS Civil Forum, activities of the BRICS Think Tank Council enhancing cooperation in research and capacity building among the academic communities of BRICS countries and the launching of the BRICS Think Tank Network for Finance that will support the discussions of the BRICS Financial Track. We endorse the establishment of the Civil BRICS Council," states the Kazan Declaration.

“During the bank's 10th Anniversary Board of Governors Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, applications from Colombia and Uzbekistan to join the New Development Bank (NDB) were approved. It was also confirmed that Russia will host the next annual meeting in 2026," the Ministry stated.

"Global AI governance should mitigate potential risks and meet the needs of all countries, especially those in the Global South," the document asserts.

“We reaffirm the importance of BRICS people-to-people exchanges in enhancing mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation. We acknowledge that people-to-people exchanges play an essential role in enriching our societies and developing our economies and appreciate the progress made under Brazil’s Chairship in 2025, including the Parliamentary Forum, the Business Council, the Women’s Business Alliance, the Youth Council, the Trade Union Forum, the Think Tank Council, the Academic Forum, the Deans Forum, the Civil Council, the Small and Medium Enterprises Forum, the Association of Cities and Municipalities, the Supreme Audit Institutions, the Legal Forum, the BRICS Supreme Court Presidents Meeting and the Meeting of Heads of BRICS Prosecution Services,” — states the document.

"The Board of Directors has elected Anton Siluanov, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation and Governor of Russia at the NDB, as the next Chairperson of the Board of Governors," the bank’s Press Service confirmed in an official statement.

"Last year, we supplied 4 million tonnes of fertilisers to the BRICS countries, primarily to Brazil, India, and South Africa," he stated during the Russia-Brazil Business Forum currently taking place in Rio de Janeiro.

“There is no doubt that BRICS is the future, and it is more reflected when President Donald Trump is saying that BRICS countries will have a 10% tariff,” Samir Bhattacharya, an associate fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, India, told Sputnik Africa.

"First and foremost, this involves climate finance, for which a dedicated framework programme has already been developed and released. The second priority area is artificial intelligence," Makarov stated.

"The BRICS countries find themselves at varying stages of AI development with divergent interests in this sphere," Makarov explained.

"While these framework principles remain broad, they represent the first document of its kind, where nations of this scale collectively articulate their approach to artificial intelligence and attempt to define core implementation standards respecting both equality principles and national characteristics," Makarov concluded.