Adressing the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan on Thursday, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said the geographical scope of BRICS is a unique opportunity to facilitate transcontinental communication and the acquisition of collective common interests, a process that will leave a tremendous result in reducing the existing gap in the development process and increasing the level of people's well-being.
The future belongs to the countries that play the greatest role in creating convergence and establishing a new order of institutionalized relations based on the discourse of harmony and justice, Pezeshkian said.
Coalitionism and efforts to create constructive and friendly relations are part of today's reality and the desire of many countries and international actors to get rid of unilateralism, the Iranian president said.
The BRICS summit demonstrates that creating a better world cannot be achieved in isolation and in the current interconnected world, cooperation and collective action are essential, the Iranian president said, emphasizing the need for fundamental changes, advocating for a reform of the current system and the establishment of a new balance of power grounded in justice and mutual consent.
Pezeshkian underscored that a better world would be one free from sanctions, the imposition of will, aggression, war, conquest, and genocide, noting that a better world would embrace multilateralism over unilateralism, prioritize the majority over the minority, promote equality instead of discrimination, ensure transparency rather than deception, uphold democracy instead of authoritarianism, and encourage dialogue instead of war.
He stated, “The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that regional and international crises plus challenges cannot be resolved without collaborative efforts. To this end, we have consistently aimed to enhance international cooperation and strengthen the bonds of friendship between nations by establishing efficient and intelligent trade networks.”
Pezeshkian emphasized that BRICS and BRICS Plus should create and implement a transparent, fair, inclusive, and non-discriminatory mechanism aligned with multilateral trade rules, particularly prioritizing the Global South and developing or less developed countries.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Pezeshkian said that international mechanisms, such as the UNSC, have been overly politicized and are incapable of forcing the Zionist regime to end the war.
MNA/