15th BRICS summit

{{Short description|2023 international summit in Johannesburg, South Africa}}

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{{IND}}
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Invited bodies:
{{flag|African Union}}
Arab Maghreb Union
{{flag|Organisation of Islamic Cooperation}}
{{flag|United Nations}}
{{flag|ASEAN}}{{cite web |date=2023-08-24|title=Di Afrika Selatan, Presiden Jokowi Hadiri KTT BRICS|url=https://setkab.go.id/di-afrika-selatan-presiden-jokowi-hadiri-ktt-brics/|access-date=2023-08-25|website=Sekretariat Kabinet Republik Indonesia|language=en-US}}

|chairperson=Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa|follows=14th|precedes=16th|website={{URL|https://www.brics2023.gov.za}}|compactnav=yes|keypoints=|logo_size=|logo=15th BRICS summit logo.svg}}

The 2023 BRICS summit was the fifteenth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa also invited the leaders of 67 countries to the summit.{{cite web |date=2023-07-21|title=SA invites 70 heads of states to the BRICS summit, but Western leaders excluded|url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/politics/sa-invites-70-heads-of-states-to-the-brics-summit-but-western-leaders-excluded-20230721|access-date=2023-07-21 |website=City Press|language=en-US}}

Summit events

= BRICS expansion =

Several countries have expressed interest in joining the BRICS group.{{cite web |date=2023-04-23 |title=19 countries express interest in joining BRICS group |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/19-countries-express-interest-in-joining-brics-group/articleshow/99756285.cms |website=Times of India |agency=Bloomberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504235154/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/19-countries-express-interest-in-joining-brics-group/articleshow/99756285.cms |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2023-07-04 }} At the summit, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have been invited to join the bloc. Full membership took effect on 1 January 2024.{{Cite web |last=Shweta|first=Sharma|date=2023-08-24 |title=Brics countries agree major expansion as six countries invited to join |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/brics-2023-summit-new-members-saudi-uae-iran-b2398553.html |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2023-08-24 |title=BRICS welcomes new members in push to reshuffle world order |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/brics-poised-invite-new-members-join-bloc-sources-2023-08-24/ |access-date=2023-08-24}}

Participating leaders

File:Lula (05-09-2024).jpg|alt=Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President|{{BRA}}
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President

File:Сергей Лавров (14-02-2022) (cropped).jpg|alt=Russia Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister|{{RUS}}
Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister[Russia will be represented by its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Johannesburg summit]{{cite news |date=2023-07-19 |title=South Africa says Putin to stay away from BRICS summit |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/south-africa-putin-will-not-attend-brics-summit-by-mutual-agreement-2023-07-19/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803032138/https://www.reuters.com/world/south-africa-putin-will-not-attend-brics-summit-by-mutual-agreement-2023-07-19/ |archive-date=2023-08-03}}

File:Vladimir Putin (2020-02-20).jpg|alt=Russia Vladimir Putin, President|{{RUS}}
Vladimir Putin, President (participating virtually)

File:PM Modi Portrait(cropped).jpg|alt=India Narendra Modi, Prime Minister|{{IND}}
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

File:Xi Jinping 2019.jpg|alt=China Xi Jinping, Paramount leader|{{CHN}}
Xi Jinping, President{{efn|name="chineseleader"|The head of government of China is the Premier, while the President is legally a ceremonial office and has no real power in China's political system. However, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (top position) has always held this office since 1993 except for the months of transition, and the current paramount leader is Xi Jinping.}}

File:2019 Reunião Informal do BRICS - 48142657142 (cropped).jpg|alt=South AfricaCyril Ramaphosa, President (Host)|{{SAF}}
Cyril Ramaphosa, President (Host)

= Other attendees =

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scope="col" \| Country ! scope="col" \| Position ! scope="col" \| Officeholder !Source
{{Flagcountry\|Algeria}}	Finance Minister	Laaziz Fayed \|{{cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=23 May 2023 \|title=Le Ministre des Finances prend part au sommet des BRICS à Johannesburg (Afrique du Sud) \|url=https://www.mf.gov.dz/index.php/fr/activites-2/1241-le-ministre-des-finances-prend-part-au-sommet-des-brics-a-johannesburg-afrique-du-sud \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824163527/https://www.mf.gov.dz/index.php/fr/activites-2/1241-le-ministre-des-finances-prend-part-au-sommet-des-brics-a-johannesburg-afrique-du-sud \|archive-date=24 Aug 2023 \|access-date=24 Aug 2023 \|website=www.mf.gov.dz \|language=fr}}
{{Flagcountry\|Angola}}	State Minister of Economic Coordenation	José de Lima Massano \|{{Citation \|title=BRICS Summit 2023 LIVE: Summit Concludes in South Africa, UN Chief Addresses Media \| date=24 August 2023 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4U9xPKdtss \|access-date=2023-08-26 \|language=en}}
{{Flagcountry\|Bangladesh}}	Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina \|{{cite web \|date=2023-08-24 \|title=Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina holds bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping\|url=https://www.indiablooms.com/world-details/SA/40017/bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina-holds-bilateral-meeting-with-xi-jinping.html \|access-date=2023-08-24 \|website=India Blooms \|language=en}}
{{Flagcountry\|Belarus}}	Foreign Minister	Sergei Aleinik \|
{{Flagcountry\|Bolivia}}	President	Luis Arce \|
{{Flagcountry\|Botswana}}	Vice President	Slumber Tsogwane \|{{Citation \|title=BRICS Summit 2023 Media \|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694613829840224420 \|language=en}}
{{Flagcountry\|Burundi}}	President	Evariste Ndayishimiye \|{{cite web \|date=2023-08-23 \|url=https://regionweek.com/burundis-president-takes-off-for-the-15th-brics-summit-in-johannesburg/ \|title=Burundi's President Takes Off for the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg \|access-date=2023-12-19 \|website=RegionWeek \|language=en}}
{{Flagcountry\|Cameroon}} \|Prime Minister \|Joseph Ngute \|
{{Flagcountry\|Central African Republic}} \|President \|Faustin-Archange Touadera \|{{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjscxd1aKVs \| title=Arrival of the President of the Central African Republic, H e Mr Faustin Archange Touadera at OR Tam \| website=YouTube \| date=24 August 2023 }}
{{Flagcountry\|China}}	{{nowrap\|Commerce Minister}}	Wang Wentao \|
{{Flagcountry\|Republic of the Congo}} \|President \|Denis Sassou Nguesso \|{{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tegDfQr_U3Q \| title=Arrival of President of the Republic of the Congo, H e Denis Sassou Nguesso at Waterkloof Air Force \| website=YouTube \| date=23 August 2023 }}
{{Flagcountry\|Cuba}} \|President \|Miguel Díaz-Canel \|{{Cite news \|date=2023-08-24 \|title=China's Xi vows to support Cuba in defending its national sovereignty \|language=en \|work=Reuters \|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/chinas-xi-vows-support-cuba-defending-its-national-sovereignty-2023-08-24/ \|access-date=2023-08-24}}
{{Flagcountry\|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} \|Prime Minister \|Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde \|[https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1693926330113392753]
{{Flagcountry\|Egypt}} \|Prime Minister \|Mostafa Madbouly \|
{{Flagcountry\|Ethiopia}} \| Prime Minister \|Abiy Ahmed \|{{Citation \|title=BRICS Summit 2023\|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694324205217624206 \|language=en}}
{{Flagcountry\|Equatorial Guinea}}	President	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo \|{{Citation \|title=BRICS Summit 2023\|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694043299135303777 \|language=en}}
{{Flagcountry\|Eritrea}} \|President \|Isaias Afwerki \|{{cite web \|date=2023-08-22 \|title=BRICS Summit: President Isaias Departs for Johannesburg \|url=https://tesfanews.net/eritrea-president-departs-brics-summit-2023-south-africa/ \|access-date=2023-08-24 \|website=TesfaNews \|language=en-US}}
{{Flagcountry\|Ghana}} \|President \|Nana Akufo-Addo \|{{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0FN_zV7nTs \| title=Arrival of President of Ghana, H e Nana Akufo Addol at OR Tambo International Airport \| website=YouTube \| date=24 August 2023 }}
{{Flagcountry\|Indonesia}} \|President \|Joko Widodo \|[https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2632567 Indonesian president to attend BRICS summit in South Africa]
{{Flagcountry\|Iran}} \|President \|Ebrahim Raisi \|[https://ifpnews.com/iran-president-south-africa-15th-brics-summit/ Iran President Arrives In South Africa To Attend 15th BRICS Summit - Iran Front Page]
{{Flagcountry\|Libya}} \|Vice President \|Musa Al-Koni \|{{cite web \| url=https://lana.gov.ly/post.php?lang=ar&id=286541 \|title=Musa Al-Koni participates in the BRICS Summit in South Africa. (In Arabic) \|date=21 April 2024 }}
{{Flagcountry\|Malawi}} \|President \|Lazarus Chakwera \|
{{Flagcountry\|Mozambique}} \|President \|Filipe Nyusi \|{{cite web \| url=https://www.mea.gov.in/newsdetail1.htm?11355/#:~:text=Mr.,Summit%20in%20Johannesburg%2C%20South%20Africa \| title=Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met H.E. Mr. Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique on the sidelines of 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa }}
{{Flagcountry\|Namibia}} \|President \|Hage Geingob \|{{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6E_2ovaAkk \| title=Arrival of President of Namibia ,H e Hage Geingob at Waterkloof Air Force Base \| website=YouTube \| date=23 August 2023 }}
{{Flagcountry\|Nigeria}} \|Vice President \|Kashim Shettima \|{{cite web \| url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/617189-shettima-to-represent-tinubu-at-brics-summit.html \| title=Shettima to represent Tinubu at BRICS Summit \| date=21 August 2023 }}
{{Flagcountry\|Palestine}}	Deputy Prime Minister	Ziad Abu Amr \|{{Citation \|title=BRICS Summit 2023\|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694036319377265126 \|language=en}}
{{nowrap\|{{Flagcountry\|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}}} \|President \|Brahim Ghali \|{{cite web \|date=August 22, 2023 \|title=The President of the Republic arrives in South Africa to participate in the BRICS summit \|url=https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/08/22/47336.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824090658/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/08/22/47336.html \|archive-date=August 24, 2023 \|access-date=August 22, 2023 \|website=Sahara Press Service \|language=en}}
{{Flagcountry\|São Tomé and Príncipe}} \|President \|Carlos Vila Nova \|
{{Flagcountry\|Saudi Arabia}} \|Foreign Minister \|Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud \|
{{Flagcountry\|Senegal}} \|President \|Macky Sall \|
{{Flagcountry\|South Sudan}}	President	Salva Kiir Mayardit \|{{Citation \|title=BRICS Summit 2023\|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694010093417680899 \|language=en}}
{{Flagcountry\|Tanzania}} \|President \|Samia Suluhu Hassan \|{{Cite web \|date=2023-08-24 \|title=LIVE: President Samia attends BRICS Summit 2023 in South Africa \|url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/video/live-president-samia-attends-brics-summit-2023-in-south-africa--4345538 \|access-date=2023-08-24 \|website=The Citizen \|language=en}}
{{Flagcountry\|Uganda}} \|Vice President \|Jessica Alupo \|{{Cite web \|date=2023-08-23 \|title=Vice President Jessica Alupo Represents President Museveni at the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg \|url=https://ubc.go.ug/2023/08/23/vice-president-jessica-alupo-represents-president-museveni-at-the-15th-brics-summit-in-johannesburg/ \|access-date=2023-12-19 \|website=UBC \|language=en}}
{{Flagcountry\|United Arab Emirates}} \|President \|Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan \|
{{Flagcountry\|Zambia}} \|President \|Hakainde Hichilema \|{{Cite web \|last= \|first= \|date=2023-08-24 \|title=Zambia : President Hakainde Hichilema Urges BRICS Countries to Reform Global Capital Costs for Africa \|url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/08/24/president-hakainde-hichilema-urges-brics-countries-to-reform-global-capital-costs-for-africa/ \|access-date=2023-08-24 \|language=en-GB}}
{{Flagcountry\|Zimbabwe}}	Vice President	Constantino Chiwenga \|{{Citation \|title=BRICS Summit 2023\|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694340799553572950 \|language=en}}

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scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Position

! scope="col" | Officeholder

!Source

Finance Minister

Laaziz Fayed

|{{cite web |last= |first= |date=23 May 2023 |title=Le Ministre des Finances prend part au sommet des BRICS à Johannesburg (Afrique du Sud) |url=https://www.mf.gov.dz/index.php/fr/activites-2/1241-le-ministre-des-finances-prend-part-au-sommet-des-brics-a-johannesburg-afrique-du-sud |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824163527/https://www.mf.gov.dz/index.php/fr/activites-2/1241-le-ministre-des-finances-prend-part-au-sommet-des-brics-a-johannesburg-afrique-du-sud |archive-date=24 Aug 2023 |access-date=24 Aug 2023 |website=www.mf.gov.dz |language=fr}}

State Minister of Economic Coordenation

José de Lima Massano

|{{Citation |title=BRICS Summit 2023 LIVE: Summit Concludes in South Africa, UN Chief Addresses Media | date=24 August 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4U9xPKdtss |access-date=2023-08-26 |language=en}}

Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina

|{{cite web |date=2023-08-24 |title=Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina holds bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping|url=https://www.indiablooms.com/world-details/SA/40017/bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina-holds-bilateral-meeting-with-xi-jinping.html |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=India Blooms |language=en}}

Foreign Minister

Sergei Aleinik

President

Luis Arce

Vice President

Slumber Tsogwane

|{{Citation |title=BRICS Summit 2023 Media |url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694613829840224420 |language=en}}

President

Evariste Ndayishimiye

|{{cite web |date=2023-08-23 |url=https://regionweek.com/burundis-president-takes-off-for-the-15th-brics-summit-in-johannesburg/ |title=Burundi's President Takes Off for the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=RegionWeek |language=en}}

|Prime Minister

|Joseph Ngute

|President

|Faustin-Archange Touadera

|{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjscxd1aKVs | title=Arrival of the President of the Central African Republic, H e Mr Faustin Archange Touadera at OR Tam | website=YouTube | date=24 August 2023 }}

Wang Wentao

|President

|Denis Sassou Nguesso

|{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tegDfQr_U3Q | title=Arrival of President of the Republic of the Congo, H e Denis Sassou Nguesso at Waterkloof Air Force | website=YouTube | date=23 August 2023 }}

|President

|Miguel Díaz-Canel

|{{Cite news |date=2023-08-24 |title=China's Xi vows to support Cuba in defending its national sovereignty |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/chinas-xi-vows-support-cuba-defending-its-national-sovereignty-2023-08-24/ |access-date=2023-08-24}}

|Prime Minister

|Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde

|[https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1693926330113392753]

|Prime Minister

|Mostafa Madbouly

| Prime Minister

|Abiy Ahmed

|{{Citation |title=BRICS Summit 2023|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694324205217624206 |language=en}}

President

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

|{{Citation |title=BRICS Summit 2023|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694043299135303777 |language=en}}

|President

|Isaias Afwerki

|{{cite web |date=2023-08-22 |title=BRICS Summit: President Isaias Departs for Johannesburg |url=https://tesfanews.net/eritrea-president-departs-brics-summit-2023-south-africa/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=TesfaNews |language=en-US}}

|President

|Nana Akufo-Addo

|{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0FN_zV7nTs | title=Arrival of President of Ghana, H e Nana Akufo Addol at OR Tambo International Airport | website=YouTube | date=24 August 2023 }}

|President

|Joko Widodo

|[https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2632567 Indonesian president to attend BRICS summit in South Africa]

|President

|Ebrahim Raisi

|[https://ifpnews.com/iran-president-south-africa-15th-brics-summit/ Iran President Arrives In South Africa To Attend 15th BRICS Summit - Iran Front Page]

|Vice President

|Musa Al-Koni

|{{cite web | url=https://lana.gov.ly/post.php?lang=ar&id=286541 |title=Musa Al-Koni participates in the BRICS Summit in South Africa. (In Arabic) |date=21 April 2024 }}

|President

|Lazarus Chakwera

|President

|Filipe Nyusi

|{{cite web | url=https://www.mea.gov.in/newsdetail1.htm?11355/#:~:text=Mr.,Summit%20in%20Johannesburg%2C%20South%20Africa | title=Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met H.E. Mr. Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique on the sidelines of 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa }}

|President

|Hage Geingob

|{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6E_2ovaAkk | title=Arrival of President of Namibia ,H e Hage Geingob at Waterkloof Air Force Base | website=YouTube | date=23 August 2023 }}

|Vice President

|Kashim Shettima

|{{cite web | url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/617189-shettima-to-represent-tinubu-at-brics-summit.html | title=Shettima to represent Tinubu at BRICS Summit | date=21 August 2023 }}

Deputy Prime Minister

Ziad Abu Amr

|{{Citation |title=BRICS Summit 2023|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694036319377265126 |language=en}}

{{nowrap|{{Flagcountry|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}}}

|President

|Brahim Ghali

|{{cite web |date=August 22, 2023 |title=The President of the Republic arrives in South Africa to participate in the BRICS summit |url=https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/08/22/47336.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824090658/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2023/08/22/47336.html |archive-date=August 24, 2023 |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=Sahara Press Service |language=en}}

|President

|Carlos Vila Nova

|Foreign Minister

|Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud

|President

|Macky Sall

President

Salva Kiir Mayardit

|{{Citation |title=BRICS Summit 2023|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694010093417680899 |language=en}}

|President

|Samia Suluhu Hassan

|{{Cite web |date=2023-08-24 |title=LIVE: President Samia attends BRICS Summit 2023 in South Africa |url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/video/live-president-samia-attends-brics-summit-2023-in-south-africa--4345538 |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=The Citizen |language=en}}

|Vice President

|Jessica Alupo

|{{Cite web |date=2023-08-23 |title=Vice President Jessica Alupo Represents President Museveni at the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg |url=https://ubc.go.ug/2023/08/23/vice-president-jessica-alupo-represents-president-museveni-at-the-15th-brics-summit-in-johannesburg/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=UBC |language=en}}

|President

|Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

|President

|Hakainde Hichilema

|{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-08-24 |title=Zambia : President Hakainde Hichilema Urges BRICS Countries to Reform Global Capital Costs for Africa |url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2023/08/24/president-hakainde-hichilema-urges-brics-countries-to-reform-global-capital-costs-for-africa/ |access-date=2023-08-24 |language=en-GB}}

Vice President

Constantino Chiwenga

|{{Citation |title=BRICS Summit 2023|url=https://twitter.com/DIRCO_ZA/status/1694340799553572950 |language=en}}

Controversies

= Participation of Vladimir Putin =

{{main|International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova}}

File:XV BRICS Summit family photo.jpg

In March 2023, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. South Africa is required as an ICC signatory to honour the warrant.

In May 2023, the South African government, led by the African National Congress (ANC), granted all invited leaders diplomatic immunity. It remained unclear at the time whether this would prevent Putin from being arrested if he attended. According to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, it was standard practice in South Africa to confer such immunity to attendees of international conferences held in the country.

By early June 2023, moving the summit to China was being considered to avoid the issue.{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Sarah |title=Debate over possible Putin visit heats up in South Africa amid U.S. "concern" over BRICS intentions |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vladimir-putin-south-africa-icc-arrest-warrant-brics-summit-us-concern/ |website=CBS |date=2023-06-02 |access-date=2023-07-06}} In mid-July 2023, Vladimir Putin announced that he would not attend the summit "by mutual agreement" and would instead be sending Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.{{cite news |last1=Peyton |first1=Nellie |last2=Miridzhanian|first2=Anait |date=2023-07-19 |title=South Africa says Putin agreed not to attend BRICS summit |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/south-africa-putin-will-not-attend-brics-summit-by-mutual-agreement-2023-07-19/ |access-date=2023-07-19}}

= Narendra Modi's refusal to disembark plane =

File:PM in a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Mr. Ably Ahmed during the 15th BRICS Summit at Johannesburg, in South Africa on August 24, 2023.jpg with Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting for Ethiopia's admission to the alliance]]

On 22 August 2023, Daily Maverick reported that India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to get off his plane until the deputy president of South Africa was dispatched to welcome him{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=www.msn.com}}{{Cite web |title=Modi 'Refused To Disembark From Plane' Over Snub Claims South African Media Report, Not So Say Officials |url=https://thewire.in/diplomacy/modi-brics-south-africa-plane-disembark-controversy |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=The Wire}}{{Cite web |last=Fabricius |first=Peter |date=2023-08-22 |title=Ramaphosa focused on Xi, Modi threw a tantrum and refused to get off his plane |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-08-22-tough-love-triangle-while-ramaphosa-focused-on-xi-modi-threw-a-tantrum-and-refused-to-get-off-his-plane/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} instead of the government cabinet minister that was present to conduct the airport welcome. The South African government denied that Modi had refused to disembark his plane, saying that Ramaphosa was unable to meet Modi at the airport due to scheduling difficulties, and adding that it was common for government ministers to welcome visiting heads of state.{{Cite web |last=Koko |first=Khaya |date=23 August 2023 |title=SA pours cold water on Modi's alleged refusal to disembark plane when welcomed by minister |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/sa-pours-cold-water-on-modis-alleged-refusal-to-disembark-plane-when-welcomed-by-minister-20230823 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}

Following the publication of the story, the Daily Maverick experienced a sustained DDOS attack from India,{{Cite web |last=Patel |first=Faizel |date=2023-08-24 |title='Daily Maverick' 'under cyberattack' after Modi plane saga report |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/daily-maverick-brics-india-pm-modi-plane-cyberattack/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=The Citizen |language=en}} which forced it to temporarily block access to the site from the country.{{Cite web |last=O’Regan |first=Victoria |date=2023-08-23 |title=India hits Daily Maverick with malicious cyberattack after report on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'tantrum' |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-08-23-india-hits-daily-maverick-with-malicious-cyberattack-after-report-on-modis-tantrum/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Daily Maverick |language=en}} The editor-in-chief of the Daily Maverick speculated that the reason for the DDOS attack was to prevent people in India from reading the article.

=Nonattendance by Xi Jinping=

Despite meeting with host Cyril Ramaphosa earlier in the day and attending the BRICS dinner afterward, Chinese President Xi Jinping unexpectedly did not attend the BRICS business forum where he had been scheduled to speak and instead his speech was read out by Minister of Commerce of China Wang Wentao.{{cite news|title=No explanation as Xi Jinping unexpectedly skips his speech at Brics business forum|author=Jevans Nyabiage|date=2023-08-23|work=South China Morning Post|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3231963/no-explanation-given-xi-jinping-unexpectedly-skips-his-speech-brics-business-forum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822234602/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3231963/no-explanation-given-xi-jinping-unexpectedly-skips-his-speech-brics-business-forum|archive-date=2023-08-22}}

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