Xi calls for unified wall of Brics
Chinese President also suggests holistic approach to root out terrorism
Xiamen (China), Sept. 3: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday asked Brics members to shelve their differences and accommodate each other’s concerns by enhancing mutual trust and strategic communication, as he opened the 9th annual summit of the five member emerging economies here.
The opening ceremony of the three-day Brics summit started with Brics Business Council in this southeastern city in China’s Fujian province amid a downpour triggered by typhoon Mawar which had caused widespread disruption to the summit preparations and the city’s traffic.
The typhoon also caused considerable disruption to the flights.
Brics — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — is a grouping of the five emerging economies. The Brics summit brings together the leaders of these five countries.
In his speech broadly focusing on enhancing cooperation between the Brics members, Mr Xi said, “construction of a tall building starts with foundation. We have laid the foundation and put in place the framework for BRICS cooperation.”
Mr Xi Jinping in his speech also called on Brics countries to adopt a holistic approach to fight terrorism in all its forms and ensure that terrorists have no place to hide.
“I am convinced that as long as we take a holistic approach to fighting terrorism in all its forms, and address both its symptoms and root causes, terrorists will have no place to hide,” he said.
Mr Xi’s remarks came days after US President Donald Trump hit out at China’s cose ally Pakistan for providing safe havens to terrorists.