KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) – Here is a brief summary of the results of the BRICS summit:
*XI AND MODI: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met just two days after New Delhi announced it had reached an agreement with Beijing to resolve a four-year military standoff on the Himalayan border.
* THERE WERE MANY LEADERS: Putin, who wanted to show that the West’s attempt to isolate Russia over the war in Ukraine had failed, managed to attract major leaders such as Xi and Modi and almost 20 others, including Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan . UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also participated in the meeting.
* BRICS WAITING LIST: Putin said more than 30 countries have expressed interest in joining BRICS, although it was not immediately clear how enlargement would work.
* WAR IN UKRAINE: BRICS leaders did raise the issue of war in Ukraine with Putin in various formats, but there was no indication that any concrete action would be taken to end the conflict.
* BRICS MONEY: BRICS predicted that its influence would grow and outlined joint projects ranging from grain exchanges to a cross-border payments system. Here are the main points.
* MIDDLE EAST: Putin told BRICS leaders that the Middle East is on the brink of full-scale war after a acute rise in tensions between Israel and Iran.
