Putin wants BRICS leaders support over West's 'Selfish Actions'
India TV NewsHighlights Putin asked leaders to cooperate with Rusia in the face of West's selfish actions BRICS has become a platform for discussing issues of common concern for all developing countries The 14th BRICS summit is being hosted by China in a virtual model Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called on the leaders of member nations of BRICS to cooperate with Russia in the face of selfish actions from the West. ".only on the basis of honest and mutually beneficial cooperation we can look for ways out of the critical situation that has emerged in the world economy because of the ill-conceived and selfish actions of certain states, which, by using financial mechanisms, are actually shifting their own macroeconomic policy mistakes onto the rest of the world," Putin said in his virtual address. The Russian president added that Moscow considers the theme of today's meeting, 'Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development', relevant. BRICS is a multilateral forum consisting of five major emerging economies of the world, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.