{"id":55985,"date":"2023-11-22T22:33:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T17:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=55985"},"modified":"2023-11-23T18:01:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T12:31:40","slug":"brics-plus-summit","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/brics-plus-summit","title":{"rendered":"Virtual BRICS-Plus Summit: Mixed Reactions to Middle East Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Context:<\/b> <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s External Affairs Minister attended the virtual BRICS-Plus joint meeting on the Middle East situation in Gaza.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100.099%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>About BRICS:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BRICS <\/span><b>started in 2001<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as BRIC, an acronym coined by <\/span><b>Goldman Sachs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Brazil, Russia, India, and China.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>South Africa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was added in <\/span><b>2010.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> 1st BRIC summit <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was held in <\/span><b>Yekaterinburg<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in Russia in 2009.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, BRICS countries represent <\/span><b>27% of the world\u2019s land mass,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>42% of the world\u2019s population, 24% of global GDP,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>16% of Global trade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and produce <\/span><b>33% of the world\u2019s food.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>BRICS Expansion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates are included as a new member in BRICS grouping.<\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six new candidates will formally<\/span><b> become members on Jan. 1, 2024.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Related Article:<\/b> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/brics-expansion\/#:~:text=Formation%20of%20BRICS%3A%20The%20acronym,South%20Africa's%20inclusion%20in%202010.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BRICS Expansion<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>BRICS-Plus Summit: India&#8217;s Absence Reflects Unease on Israel-Gaza Debate<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BRICS-Plus meet titled <\/span><b>\u2018Extraordinary Joint Meeting on the Middle East situation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 was attended by leaders of the participating countries \u2013 Brazil\u2019s Lula da Silva, Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin, China\u2019s Xi Jinping and South Africa\u2019s Cyril Ramaphosa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s Prime Minister declined to attend the summit due to other commitments.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>However, the decision to skip an appearance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the other leaders of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa grouping also indicates<\/span><b> New Delhi\u2019s discomfort with deliberations that were likely to be critical of Israel\u2019s bombardment of Gaza.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Key Highlights of Virtual BRICS-Plus Joint meeting: <\/b><b>Diverse Perspectives on Israel-Hamas Conflict<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>South Africa:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> South Africa urged for an \u2018immediate ceasefire\u2019 and called Israel\u2019s \u201ccollective punishment of Palestinian civilians\u201d a war crime.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>China: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China too called for an \u201cimmediate end to hostilities\u201d in the Gaza Strip and urged for an end to \u201cthe collective punishment of Palestinians\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India outlined that <\/span><b>\u00a0\u2018<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where terrorism is concerned, none of us should or can compromise with it. Hostage-taking is equally unacceptable and cannot be condoned\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Russia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Russia called for a ceasefire in Gaza, the freeing of hostages and the evacuation of civilians from the Gaza Strip.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Brazil: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazil called the war a &#8220;humanitarian catastrophe&#8221; but avoided using the word genocide as he has in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Related Article:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1OrzqafvlNpHoo9EyS6nmb_zKywI7_cLJ\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Israel Palestine Conflict, Causes, Impacts, Gaza Strip<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>News Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/at-brics-meeting-chinese-president-xi-jinping-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-gaza\/article67559176.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hindu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: India\u2019s External Affairs Minister attended the virtual BRICS-Plus joint meeting on the Middle East situation in Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"paper-wise":[2084],"subject":[2102],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/55985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/current-affairs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55985"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/55985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56232,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/current-affairs\/55985\/revisions\/56232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55985"},{"taxonomy":"paper-wise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper-wise?post=55985"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=55985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}