Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, August 19th Interview: BRICS Cooperation Actively Promotes Multi-polarization and Advocates the Concept of a Fair World——Interview with Russian International Affairs Expert Panova
Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Ting
Victoria Panova, vice president of the Russian Higher University of Economics and an expert of the Valdai International Debate Club, recently said in a telephone interview with Xinhua News Agency that the BRICS cooperation actively promotes multi-polarization, advocates the concept of a fair world, and promotes the development of emerging market countries and developing countries. The country’s right to speak and influence has attracted the attention and welcome of more and more countries.
Panova is an expert in the field of Russian international relations and has long been engaged in research on BRICS countries. She once served as the academic director of the Preparatory Work Expert Committee during Russia’s BRICS rotating presidency in 2020.
Panova is very much looking forward to the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa. She said that BRICS cooperation provides a constructive platform for exchanges between countries with different traditions, cultures and languages, and actively promotes the process of world multipolarization and the harmonious development of diverse civilizations. This is one of the charms of the BRICS mechanism.
At present, more and more countries appreciate the role played by the BRICS cooperation as a cooperation platform for emerging market countries and developing countries, and apply to join the BRICS mechanism. Panova believes that this reflects the growing importance of BRICS cooperation. “Many Latin American, Asian and African countries have shown strong interest in joining the BRICS mechanism, hoping that the world will become more just.”
Panova said that the BRICS countries abide by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and around the BRICS mechanism, they are committed to promoting the development of the global governance system in a more just and reasonable direction, and benefiting all countries. On the basis of equality and mutual benefit, the BRICS countries develop cooperation in the fields of economy, humanities, science and technology. Their non-confrontational agenda provides additional guarantees to prevent the expansion of global crises and plays an important role in global governance.
After more than ten years of development, the foundation of BRICS cooperation has been increasingly solidified, the scope has gradually expanded, and the results have become more fruitful, continuously injecting positive energy into the world of turbulent events.
Panova said that in the field of health, the BRICS countries promote South-South cooperation in the field of health, share technologies for the prevention and treatment of communicable and non-communicable diseases, develop digital technologies for disease treatment and prevention, strengthen drug research and development and their accessibility; In the field of science and technology, countries under the BRICS mechanism carry out specific cooperation on fresh water supply, land protection, desertification control, and improvement of irrigation systems; important platform. The forum discussed assessing and prioritizing cooperation in science, technology and innovation among BRICS countries, resulting in significant synergies.
“The BRICS countries have implemented many specific projects over the years, which have promoted the development of all countries and the prosperity of the world,” Panova said.
[Responsible editor: Dong Jing]
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2023-08-19 11:27:00
