United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told BRICS leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the world needed peace in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, and Sudan.
“Across the board, we need peace,” Guterres said at the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan.
“We need peace in Ukraine.
“A just peace in line with the UN Charter, international law and UN General Assembly resolutions,” he added.
BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the world’s leading emerging market economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
The BRICS mechanism aims to promote peace, security, development, and cooperation.
The 2024 BRICS summit is the sixteenth edition of the annual BRICS summit, currently taking place in Kazan, Russia, from Oct. 22 to 24.
