Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged BRICS to help solve humanity’s problems
The global family of nations acts in the same way as regular families, meaning it sometimes has difficulties and disputes, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, responding to a comparison made by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Putin and Guterres spoke on Thursday at the BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan. They exchanged opinions on how the global community interacts, with the UN chief urging BRICS to function as a family that works together to achieve joint goals.
“You’ve mentioned we all should represent one big family,” the Russian president responded, “and that’s how we live. Families, unfortunately, have disagreements, scandals, division of property. They even fight at times.”
BRICS aims to lay the groundwork for cooperation and “create a good-spirited atmosphere in our common home,” Putin continued, vowing to continue engaging…
