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Putin and Bolsonaro meet on the sidelines of BRICS

15 November 2019
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2019-11-15 11:46

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Brasilia on Thursday. Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies have criticized what they view as politically motivated protectionism at a time of a global slowdown and said their countries are doing their best to counter the trend. At their annual summit, the leaders of China, Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa called for greater inter-BRICS trade and investment and urged the group's New Development Bank to pump more funding into infrastructure and sustainable growth. While diplomatic ceremonies highlighted common ground, there are differences in regional politics. For example, Russia back Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro, but Bolsonaro sees opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's legitimate leader.

 

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