7th BRICS summit

7th BRICS Summit VII саммит БРИКС

Host country	Russia
Date	8–9 July 2015
Cities	Ufa, Bashkortostan
Participants	BRICS
Follows	6th BRICS summit
Precedes	8th BRICS summit
Website	en.brics2015.ru

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]

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

Member		Represented by	Title
Core BRICS members Host state and leader are shown in bold text.
	Brazil	Dilma Rousseff	President
	Russia	Vladimir Putin	President
	India	Narendra Modi	Prime Minister
	China	Xi Jinping	President
	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

Leaders

Brazil
Dilma Rousseff, President
Russia
Vladimir Putin, President (Host)
India
Narendra Modi,
Prime Minister
China
Xi Jinping, President
South Africa
Jacob Zuma, President

Gallery

References

^ Chernyshova, Daria (14 July 2014). "Russian Delegation in Brazil Learns BRICS Summit Organizational Ins and Outs". RIA Novosti. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ "Next BRICS Summit to be held in the Russian city of Ufa". Press Trust of India/The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
^ "The Sino-Brazilian Principles in a Latin American and BRICS Context: The Case for Comparative Public Budgeting Legal Research". Wisconsin International Law Journal. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
^ "BRICS bank to start lending in local currency by April: Kamath". 10 July 2015.