6th BRICS summit
6th BRICS Summit
Sexta cúpula do BRICS
Host country Brazil
Date 15-17 July 2014Cities Fortaleza
Participants BRICS
Follows 5th BRICS summit
Precedes 7th BRICS summit
The 6th BRICS summit will be the sixth annual diplomatic meeting of the BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It will be hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle;[2] the host city will be Fortaleza.[3] Though Brazil hosted a four-member BRIC summit in April 2010, 2014 will mark its first full BRICS summit;[4] the 2010 summit in Brasília did not officially include South Africa, who were only invited as guests in a prelude to full membership, which they achieved in December 2010.
Contents
1 Background
2 Participants6th BRICS Summit
Sexta cúpula do BRICS
Host country Brazil
Date 15-17 July 2014Cities Fortaleza
Participants BRICS
Follows 5th BRICS summit
Precedes 7th BRICS summit
The 6th BRICS summit will be the sixth annual diplomatic meeting of the BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It will be hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle;[2] the host city will be Fortaleza.[3] Though Brazil hosted a four-member BRIC summit in April 2010, 2014 will mark its first full BRICS summit;[4] the 2010 summit in Brasília did not officially include South Africa, who were only invited as guests in a prelude to full membership, which they achieved in December 2010.
Contents
1 Background
3 Events
4 Agenda
5 Gallery of participating leaders
6 See also
7 References
Background
Following the 2013 BRICS summit in Durban, South Africa, the BRICS countries released a joint statement summarising the results of their discussions and naming Brazil as the host country for the 2014 summit.[2] Having agreed to set up a new international development bank during the 2013 summit,[6] the member countries reportedly intend to complete the necessary arrangements for this bank prior to the 2014 summit.[7] The summit was initially scheduled for March 2014, but was shifted to a later date at China's request; it will now held in July.[1]
Participants
| Core BRICS members Host state and leader are shown in bold text. | |||
| Member | Represented by | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Brazil | Dilma Rousseff[8] | President |
 | Russia | Vladimir Putin[8][9] | President |
 | India | Narendra Modi[8] | Prime Minister |
 | China | Xi Jinping[8][10] | President |
 | South Africa | Jacob Zuma[8] | President |
- Invited leaders
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Argentina : Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of Argentina[11][12][13]![]()
Bolivia : Evo Morales, President of Bolivia[14]![]()
Chile : Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile[14]![]()
Colombia : Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia[14]![]()
Ecuador : Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador[14]![]()
Guyana : Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana[14]![]()
Paraguay : Horacio Cartes, President of Paraguay[14]![]()
Peru : Ollanta Humala, President of Peru[14]![]()
Suriname : Dési Bouterse, President of Suriname[14]![]()
Uruguay : José Mujica, President of Uruguay[14]![]()
Venezuela : Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela[14]
