Says BRICS Can Play Important Role To Maintain Regional, World Peace
New Delhi:Chinese President Hu Jintao seemed to pave the way for further expansion of BRICS when he said at the 4th summit meeting here that cooperation within grouping had reached a new starting point from where it needed to be taken to a new level. While, BRICS is often seen as lacking political relevance due to differences in handling major international issues, Hu called for enhancing “political mutual trust” and more “practical” cooperation apart from focusing on growth and developmental issues as he outlined in his four-point agenda.
“BRICS countries are important forces for regional and world peace and stability,’’ he said.
When asked later about BRICS becoming more active politically, officials accompanying Hu said it was only natural that scope of BRICS would expand to other areas. “Even though the BRICS focus now is on finance, trade and development, it is an evolving process. You would have noticed that issues like Middle-East, Syria and Iran have formed big part of the Delhi declaration, bigger than the declaration at the earlier three summits,” said Chen Xu, the head of the department of international organization in the Chinese foreign ministry.
On Syria, the joint statement called for an immediate end to all violence and violations of human rights. “Our objective is to facilitate a Syrian-led inclusive political process, and we welcome the joint efforts of the United Nations and the Arab League to this end,’’ said the Delhi Declaration as it welcomed the appointment Kofi Annan as the joint special envoy for the Syrian crisis. It also called for finding a solution to the Iran issue through political and diplomatic means and dialogue, including between the IAEA and Iran, and in accordance with the provisions of the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions.
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