7th BRICS summit
2015 international summit in Ufa, Russia
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The 7th BRICS summit was the seventh annual diplomatic summit of the head of states or government of the BRICS member states. It was held in the Russian city of Ufa in Bashkortostan on 8–9 July 2015.[1]
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8–9 July 2015
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| Host country | Russia |
| Cities | Ufa, Bashkortostan |
| Participants | Brazil Russia India China South Africa |
| Website | en |
Background
During the 6th BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, the BRICS leaders signed a declaration reading: "Brazil, India, China and South Africa convey their appreciation to Russia for its offer to host the Seventh BRICS Summit in 2015 in the city of Ufa and extend their full support to that end."[2][3]
Agenda
The summit coincided with the entry into force of constituting agreements of the New Development Bank and the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement and during the summit inaugural meetings of the NDB were held, and it was announced it would be lending in local currency; and open up membership to non-BRICS countries in the coming months.[4]
Participants
| Core BRICS members Host state and leader are shown in bold text. | |||
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Brazil | Dilma Rousseff | President |
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Russia | Vladimir Putin | President |
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India | Narendra Modi | Prime Minister |
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China | Xi Jinping | President |
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South Africa | Jacob Zuma | President |
BRICS-SCO-EEU summit
The BRICS held a joint summit with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Eurasian Economic Union in Ufa on 9 July. Invited heads of states or government:[citation needed]
Afghanistan – Ashraf Ghani
Armenia – Serzh Sargsyan
Belarus – Alexander Lukashenko
Iran – Hassan Rouhani
Kazakhstan – Nursultan Nazarbaev
Kyrgyzstan – Almazbek Atambayev
Mongolia – Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Pakistan – Nawaz Sharif
Tajikistan – Emomali Rahmon
Uzbekistan – Islam Karimov
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