Vice President Kashim Shettima will depart Abuja on Monday to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 15th BRICS Summit of Heads of State and Government in Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Shettima will be joining other business and political leaders across the world at the Summit scheduled from August 22 to 24.
This was made known in a statement by the Director, Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola.
Notable leaders expected to attend the event include South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President Xi Jinping of China, Brazil’s President Luiz Lula da Silva, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Other dignitaries invited to the summit include the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the chairperson of the African Union Commission, and the President of the New Development Bank.
The summit is expected to deliberate on issues of trade and investment facilitation, sustainable development, innovation, and global governance reform.
It will also continue its outreach to leaders from Africa and the global South as it focuses on global geopolitics, trade, and infrastructure development.
BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and is a group of five major emerging and developing economies.
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