NDB and BRICS Business Council sign a cooperation memorandum

The outreach connected the five members with Bay of Bengal countries in a development dialogue without changing BRICS membership.

Agreements with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and other development banks created channels for potential cofinancing and knowledge exchange.

The sporting event provided a people-to-people exchange beyond formal summits and economic meetings.

The Johannesburg office began building a regional project pipeline and closer links with African partners for infrastructure and sustainable development.

BRICS leaders reaffirmed development cooperation, more representative international governance and continued engagement with emerging economies.

Xiamen hosted a dialogue with invited emerging and developing countries on development cooperation and implementation of the 2030 Agenda; attendance did not mean BRICS membership.

The agreement created a channel for collaboration in the Americas on sustainable infrastructure and development finance.

The agreement prepared an office in São Paulo to identify and support sustainable-development projects across the Americas; it did not itself open the office.

At the tenth summit, leaders placed Africa, inclusive growth and the Fourth Industrial Revolution at the centre of the agenda.

The Johannesburg Declaration said African states remained inadequately represented in the United Nations, especially in peace and security decision making.