China's President Xi Jinping spoke at an expansion meeting that included the five BRICS and emerging economies with other emerging economies, revealing a new $ 1 billion increase in funding to support developing countries.
It seems that there is an aim to appeal the cooperation before the summit meeting is held in Europe and the United States in response to the situation in Ukraine.
The BRICS expansion meeting, which will be held in five emerging countries such as China, Russia and India, will be held online on the 24th, hosted by China. According to the Chinese media, 13 emerging and developing countries such as Indonesia, Iran and Egypt Leaders also attended.
According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Xi Jinping said in his speech, "Some countries are imposing extreme sanctions and artificially creating divisions and conflicts," keeping in mind the Western countries that are tightening sanctions on Russia over the situation in Ukraine. I criticized.
On top of that, President Xi emphasized that "as the global gap continues to widen, the willingness to unite emerging and developing countries is becoming stronger," and China will take the lead in promoting cooperation between developing countries on a scale of $ 3 billion. Announced that it will add another $ 1 billion to the fund.
In addition, President Xi also appealed to cooperate with each country to increase the production capacity of grains, etc., keeping in mind that exports from Ukraine, one of the world's leading breadbaskets, have stagnated and concerns about the global food crisis have increased. I did.
China seems to have the aim of promoting cooperation with developing countries before discussing how to deal with China at a series of summit meetings such as the G7.