Brazil, as President of BRICS, will “compress” the alliance's agenda in 2025, holding the summit in July, but this does not mean that there will be shortcomings. Russian Ambassador to Brazil Alexey Labetsky stated this in an interview with .

The diplomat, responding to a question about the Brazilian side's plans to hold a summit in July and commenting on the popular opinion that “in Brazil everything starts after carnival”, i.e. in March, said: “The reality is that they are Supposedly, compressing the agenda as much as possible is a reality of the country, but this does not mean that there will be something unfinished. I am convinced that the foundation that has been created will be maintained and even enhanced by our Brazilians. partner.”

The Ambassador noted that diplomatic missions organize their work based on a calendar of events. “This is a meeting of Sherpas, sous-Sherpas, heads of foreign policy departments, finance departments,” he continued. held in Brazil, including of course the final summit”.

All of this, as Labetsky pointed out, “will require tightening the work schedule, focusing the efforts of diplomats and all staff on topics related to BRICS and delegation exchanges ”.

On January 1, 2024, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) association expanded to include Egypt, Iran, United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia. Saudi Arabia is in the association as an invited country. Russia became the first president of the expanded BRICS. Next year the presidency will move to Brazil.