Vietnam becomes a BRICS partner country

After meetings on 28–29 April, Brazil’s chair issued a statement on multilateral reform, peace and Global South cooperation. It was a chair’s statement.

The ministers called for World Trade Organization reform, greater developing-country participation and cooperation on the digital economy.

Ministers linked cultural exchange with inclusion, sustainability and a more plural global order.

The high-level meeting advanced coordinated climate action, energy transition and more equitable climate finance ahead of the Rio summit and COP30.

Legislators called for more inclusive global governance and continued parliamentary cooperation across the expanded grouping.

Ministers backed joint action on diseases linked to poverty and inequality, with attention to tuberculosis and vaccine cooperation.

Finance ministers and central bank governors addressed development finance, international tax cooperation and IMF governance ahead of the leaders’ summit.

Leaders of the expanded group adopted a wide-ranging declaration on cooperation, more representative governance, sustainable development and peace.

The summit called for more equitable access to artificial intelligence and stronger representation for developing countries in global rules.

Leaders endorsed support for Brazil’s proposed Tropical Forests Forever Fund as a way to reward forest conservation; support was distinct from a fund already paying out.