Rio hosts the BRICS Summit on 6 and 7 July

The Rio Museum of Modern Art (MAM) will be the stage of the next BRICS Summit, which will take place on 6 and 7 July (Sunday and Monday), with holiday decreed in the city. Brazil is responsible for hosting the block summit meeting in 2025.

BRICS is a group of countries with developing economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Created in 2006, the bloc aims to promote cooperation and economic development among its members. Recently, BRICS expanded, incorporating new members such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Iran. The BRICS Summit, which will take place in Rio, is an important forum for the political-diplomatic articulation between the countries of the Global South and also a space for cooperation in various areas.

But what are these meetings anyway?

BRICS summit meetings are annual meetings between the leaders of the countries that make up the block of economic and diplomatic cooperation between emerging economies. The participants in these summits are the Heads of State or Government of the Member States: the President of South Africa, the President of Brazil, the President of China, the Prime Minister of India and the President of Russia.

Each edition of the summit takes place alternately in different cities of member countries, and each country has hosted three editions of the event. The first summit was held in 2009 in Russia and focused on the impact of the global financial crisis on emerging countries. The latest edition was led by China, held by video conferencing due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and had as its main theme the expansion of cooperation with other emerging economies beyond the bloc countries.

Newly reformed, the MAM, located in the Park of the Flamengo, had already hosted, in November 2024, the G20 meeting, receiving leaders such as Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron.

In all, the event should gather about 4,000 participants, distributed among 40 delegations, significantly moving the city's tourist and economic chain.

The realization of the BRICS Summit in Rio represents an important milestone for the city, highlighting Rio in the global scenario!