Today´s
BRICS summit has more or less escaped the attention of the mainstream media. It
is true that a meeting in Ufa, a far-flung city in the middle of vast Russian
steppe, is not easy to cover. But it is also true that Greece and the Chinese
stock exchange crisis are taking a lot of headline space. And they are much
easier for international reporters to access.
Within
the BRICS, the trend is for a deepening of the economic cooperation between the
three big ones: China, India and Russia. These countries, contrary to Brazil
and South Africa, can take advantage of their geographic proximity. Their
political relations are also rather friendly and that adds leverage to their
economic exchanges.
Besides
that, one should recognise that every one of these five countries have the same
concern: they want to get a stronger voice in international affairs. And that´s
the cement that brings them together.
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