Launched in Moscow today, business The annual meeting of the BRICS Business Council and the group’s business forum, to discuss enhancing cooperation in order to achieve sustainable development of the economy and international trade.
Representatives of the nuclear energy sector from the BRICS countries supported the “initiative to establish a nuclear energy platform for the group.”
A meeting of representatives of nuclear sector companies from BRICS countries was held in the “Atom” pavilion at the Exhibition of the Achievements of the Peoples of Russia “VDNK” in the Russian capital, Moscow, where “the initiative was discussed and future plans were drawn up regarding the work of the platform by the largest nuclear energy companies in the group.” “BRICS”.
The Director General of the Russian company Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, stated at the end of the meeting that “the legal procedures for establishing the platform have already begun,” stressing that all participants supported Russia’s proposal to establish a nuclear energy platform for the BRICS group.
He added: “The main goal of the platform is to develop and implement best practices and advanced methods regarding energy and non-energy applications of nuclear technologies used for peaceful purposes in the markets of the ten BRICS countries.”
He said: “Also developing mechanisms to stimulate the implementation of nuclear energy projects in the BRICS countries.” The head of Rosatom confirmed that the platform will expand in line with the expansion of the BRICS group.
The meeting will be held at the International Trade Center in Moscow on the 17th and 18th of this October. BRICS is an international group that was established in 2006, and Russia has assumed its presidency since the beginning of this year 2024. A summit of the group is scheduled to be held in Kazan, Russia, on the 22nd. – October 24, in addition to Russia, Brazil, India, China and South Africa, Egypt, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Ethiopia have joined BRICS since the beginning of 2024.
According to Russian media, “Rosatom is a pioneer in the nuclear energy sector, and the Russian company is implementing projects to build nuclear power plants to generate electric power in many countries of the world, including BRICS such as Egypt, China and India, and Rosatom is building the Dabaa station.” Nuclear power plant in Egypt, and the “Okuyu” power plant in Turkey. The company is also seeking to win a project to build a nuclear power plant in Saudi Arabia.
The BRICS group was founded in 2006, and its first meetings were held in 2009. The group considers itself an alternative to Western economic hegemony, represented by the Group of Seven major countries, led by the United States.
The BRICS contribution to the global economy reached 31.5%, before the five new countries joined, compared to 30.7% for the seven industrial powers.
“BRICS” is an abbreviation of the first letters in the Latin language (BRICS) that make up the names of the countries with the fastest economic growth in the world, which are Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The first summit was held between the heads of the four founding countries in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2009, which included the announcement of the establishment of a global system. Bipolar.
Last updated: October 17, 2024 – 22:33
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