Brazil, 17th BRICS Summit closed in Rio de Janeiro amid tariffs threats by U.S. pres. Trump

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The 17th BRICS Summit closed on Monday in Brazil after two days of talks aimed at strengthening global south cooperation and amid tariffs threats from U.S. president Donald Trump. From Rio de Janeiro, our correspondent Ignacio Lemus with more. teleSUR

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00:00Welcome back. The 17th BRICS Summit closed on Monday in Brazil after two days of talks

00:12aimed at strengthening global self-cooperation and amid tariffs threats from US President

00:17Donald Trump. From Rio de Janeiro are corresponding Ignacio Lemus with the details.

00:22The BRICS countries are causing discomfort, Lula da Silva said at the closing of the event

00:28shared by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. Ours earlier, Donald Trump had announced studies for countries

00:33that adhere to the measures promoted by the BRICS and assured that he is closely monitoring

00:37the situation of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, whom he considers is being

00:41persecuted as he is investigated as one of the architects of an attempted coup in 2023.

00:46I don't think it's very responsible or serious for the president of a country the size of the United States

00:58to spend his time threatening the world via the internet.

01:05It's not right.

01:08He needs to realize that the world has changed.

01:13We don't want an emperor, we are sovereign countries. If he thinks he can impose tariffs,

01:20other countries have the right to impose tariffs too. There is such a thing as the law of reciprocity.

01:29The Brazilian Foreign Ministry expressed its gratitude for Russia and China's support

01:33for greater participation by Brazil and India in the UN Security Council. The BRICS members asserted

01:39that reformulation of the entity is necessary, as they consider it paralyzed in the face of the

01:44proliferation of armed conflicts around the world. We share positions on key issues on the international

01:52agenda, and confirm our desire to shape a more just, multipolar world order, based on the principles of the

02:01United Nations, and not separate principles. As our Western partners, when they choose the principles that

02:09seem most convenient to them, in the context of their international adventures, but rather the universal

02:17system as it was created, written, and then amended by different countries in its entirety,

02:23and in accordance with the requirements of the United Nations Charter.

02:28The bloc's expansion did not hinder the work at the summit. When asked about Venezuela's absence and

02:35the possibility of other Latin American members joining, Lula da Silva said that the BRICS are a

02:41constantly evolving entity, and that the doors have never closed. Cuba's entry was considered

02:47valuable in the area of health. The Cuban Minister of Health was in Brazil for the BRICS meeting,

02:54and visited the Fiocruz Institute, because there are Fiocruz products developed today that are available in

03:00Brazil through the unified health system, which is the result of cooperation with Cuba. These include

03:06important medicines for blood diseases and vaccines in everything related to technology in Cuba that is

03:12important for Brazil and for the BRICS. We want to strengthen that cooperation and produce more.

03:18Environment, artificial intelligence and health were the main themes debated in the search for a more

03:22balanced world. Environmental discussions are not progressing in the direction and at the speed

03:30required. Wealthy societies are reluctant to change their unsustainable patterns of production and

03:37consumption. Solutions are being postponed. Minimal commitments are being made. And there is no

03:45political will on the part of those who should be contributing most to solving the environmental crisis.

03:52The challenges of global health are no less complex. The gaps between countries and populations,

03:58inequality in access to health services, medical supplies, and technologies, and the imposition of

04:06unilateral coercive measures, exclude tens of millions of human beings from the vital right to health.

04:15Brazil promises to continue working on the BRICS activities until the end of the year when the

04:19presidency will be transferred to India.

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