Putin's attempt to get BRICS support for war against Ukraine fails, says EU spokesperson

The EU took note of the declaration of the BRICS summit in Kazan. According to the spokesperson, the summit was Putin's attempt to abuse Russia's rotating BRICS presidency to try to break out of international isolation.

According to Stano, Russia's attempt to gain support for the war against Ukraine was a failure.

“But when we look at the Kazan Declaration, there was no unified position regarding Russia's ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine, but there was a reference to national positions of the individual countries states. The reference to national positions of individual BRICS members in this declaration demonstrates that Russia's attempts to get any support (for the war against Ukraine - ed.) in this format, in the format of BRICS, have failed again,” Stano said.

Such a position of the BRICS countries is another example of Russia's international isolation over the war in Ukraine.

The EU does not accept the points of the BRICS declaration on “unilateral unlawful” sanctions. Stano emphasized that the EU's restrictions are justified and applied against people and countries that violate international law.

BRICS summit in Kazan

On October 22-24, the BRICS summit took place in Kazan, Russia. BRICS includes 10 countries: Russia, Brazil, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia.

More than 20 leaders attended the summit in Russia, including Chinese president Xi Jinping, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and NATO secretary-general António Guterres.

The summit participants adopted a joint declaration that mentioned Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke harshly about the BRICS summit, emphasizing that while the summit was taking place, troops were being moved from North Korea closer to the front in Ukraine.

Read more about Russia's BRICS summit in Kazan, following the link.