BRICS Leaders’ Meetings Officially Kick Off in China's Xiamen

© Sputnik / Grigory Sysoyev/POOL / Go to the mediabankSeptember 4, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin poses for a group photograph of the BRICS leaders. From right: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Jacob Zuma and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Left: Brazilian President Michel Temer
September 4, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin poses for a group photograph of the BRICS leaders. From right: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Jacob Zuma and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Left: Brazilian President Michel Temer - Sputnik International
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BRICS Leaders’ Meetings officially kicks off in the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen.

XIAMEN (China) (Sputnik) — Meetings of the BRICS nations’ leaders have officially started in China's southeastern city of Xiamen, a Sputnik correspondent reported Monday.

Leaders from the bloc's five nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — have exchanged welcoming handshakes. A plenary session is expected to start shortly.

September 3, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the exhibition of the Chinese cultural heritage in Xiamen - Sputnik International
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Sunday saw the launch of the BRICS Business Forum, the leaders' arrivals, as well as some bilateral meetings — for example, between the Russian and Chinese presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.

This year, the summit is being held in a "BRICS Plus format," which means that apart from the five member-states, other countries have been invited: Egypt, Mexico, Thailand, Guinea and Tajikistan.

North Korea's latest and most powerful nuclear test, carried out on Sunday, is expected to be on top of the agenda.

On Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping opened a BRICS Business Forum, a major side event of the bloc's 9th summit, set to last until Tuesday.

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