Unclear if UN secretary general will attend Kazan meeting of countries including China, India and Iran
, ostracised by the west and labeled a potential war criminal by the International criminal court, has played host to 36 world leaders from nations including China, India and Iran as part of a summit of the Brics group designed to display Moscow as anything but isolated.by attending the summit, as Moscow claims he intends. António Guterres’s spokesman was equivocal about his plans on Monday.
New applicants, often known as hedging states, that are in various stages of seeking membership include Turkey and Saudi Arabia. India and Brazil share some of the desire to be freed of the dollar’s dominance, but not to the same extent as China or Russia. Despite the anti-western language in summit communiques, Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, for instance has insisted that Brics is “not against anyone”.
Putin may be hoping more generally that world events are swinging in his direction, with the potential return of Donald Trump to the White House next month a and the possibility of favourable result in the elections in Georgia this weekend.
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