00:00We do not know the agenda of our participation in the BRIC.
00:10We are not against the government's commitment, but some things need to be clarified first.
00:18We know that countries like China, India and Russia have great economic power and they have their own agendas.
00:25How can Malaysia position itself in the BRIC?
00:28At the same time, we do not want to be seen as an anti to another bloc.
00:32And how can Malaysia bring our agenda of participation in the BRIC to ASEAN countries?
00:38Because in the ASEAN countries, we have our own economic platform, such as RECAP and APEC.
00:45Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister.
00:48As I said earlier, Mr. Speaker, we have not yet been fully accepted as members of the BRIC.
00:57We are only a country partner.
00:59If we are accepted, the Foreign Minister will bring this matter to the Cabinet.
01:05But we will also bring the members of the BRIC to the Cabinet.
01:08But if we are accepted as full members of the BRIC, we will indeed bring it to the Parliament and discuss it.
01:16Because it is a big decision for the country to participate in the BRIC.
01:21But as I said earlier, Mr. Speaker, the BRIC is not an alliance.
01:28It is a broken club.
01:31There is no treaty, no convention that we need to maintain or comply with.
01:38It is just a club.
01:41So we need to speak more as the Global South.
01:46Because the divide between the North and the South is clearly visible.
01:51We do not see it, especially in our SDGs, in our climate change.
01:56Just recently, in COP29, we should have received a donation from a developed country that destroyed their environment 100 years ago.
02:06Their contribution should have been US$1 trillion.
02:09They only gave US$300 billion.
02:12This is something that we regret.
02:15Their promise during the Paris Agreement, during the COP in Glasgow, COP28,
02:20everyone said they would contribute.
02:23This is a very serious cost for us to manage this climate change.
02:29It is very expensive and costs a lot.
02:32So in the BRIC, we do not trust our role in OIC.
02:40We do not reduce our role in NAM.
02:43We do not reduce our role in APEX.
02:46Just recently, we were invited as a country that is present in APEX and G20.
02:53As a guest of the Brazilian government.
02:56And we voiced the same thing, namely how the divide between developed countries and the Global South is very clear.
03:04What role do developed countries have to help?
03:07Instead of pointing fingers, they should work together to manage climate change or global warming.
03:17So, in response to PULAI, we do not reduce our role.
03:22And it will increase even more, especially in the field of economy.
03:26We will open our markets.
03:29Because we also need to do what is known as de-risk policy.
03:34We do not need to rely too much on our traditional markets.
03:39If anything happens to the market, we will fall.
03:43Therefore, we need to expand and diversify our markets so that whatever happens,
03:50because in an uncertain geopolitical situation today,
03:54the world is in turmoil,
03:56we cannot continue with our one country system that becomes our ally and buys our goods.
04:06But we need to expand and diversify our goods market.
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