CAPE TOWN – Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and different leaders from the BRICS bloc of creating nations will dangle a virtual meeting on the Israel-Hamas war on Tuesday, with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres additionally collaborating.
The leaders of fellow BRICS contributors Brazil, India and South Africa, in addition to of Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates, that are set to sign up for the bloc in January, can even participate, in accordance to the place of job of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Ramaphosa will chair the “extraordinary meeting” on account of South Africa’s place as present chair of BRICS, his place of job mentioned. It mentioned the leaders are anticipated to ship statements on the “humanitarian disaster” in Gaza and will likely adopt a joint statement.
The meeting comes a day after China’s top diplomat hosted the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Indonesia in Beijing, their first stop on a tour of U.N. Security Council permanent members. The meeting underlined China’s longstanding support for the Palestinians and its growing geopolitical influence.
Russia has followed a more cautious approach to the Israel-Hamas war, but in addition has a possibility to advance its function as an international energy dealer.
Putin has condemned the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants on towns in southern Israel that sparked Israel’s offensive in Gaza. More than 12,700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry in the West Bank. Officials there say another 4,000 are missing.
But Putin has also warned Israel over its response and against blockading the Gaza Strip.
Russia and China are leading voices in BRICS, which has largely cast itself in recent years as standing against the perceived dominance of the West in global affairs. But it has also struggled to adopt united policies or positions on many issues because of the differing priorities of the five current members.
India, which additionally needs to be observed as a pacesetter of the creating global, has lengthy walked a tightrope between Israel and the Palestinians and traditionally has shut ties to each.
South Africa has been fiercely critical of Israel over the war in Gaza and has filed a request with the International Criminal Court to investigate it over alleged war crimes. South Africa has for years compared Israel’s policies in Gaza and the West Bank with the apartheid regime of racial segregation.
South Africa’s Parliament is to vote on a movement on Tuesday to shut down the Israeli Embassy and sever ties with the rustic over the war. Israel on Monday recalled its ambassador to South Africa for discussions.
___
AP Israel-Hamas war protection: https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war