Meeting of Ministers from BRICS Member Countries in Rio de Janeiro

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - APRIL 28 : BRICS representatives for the ministerial meeting arrive to attend the meeting of the Ministers of the BRICS Member Countries in Ria de Janeiro, Brazil on April 21, 2025. Wang Yi (Foreign Minister) of China, Ambassador Ragui El Etreby (Sherpa) of Egypt, H.E. Gedion Timothewos Hessebon (Dr. ) (Minister of Foreign Affairs) of Ethiopia, Ambassador Dammu Ravi (Sherpa) of India, Sugiono (Minister of Foreign Affairs) of Indonesia, Seyed Rasoul Mohajer (Deputy Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Economic Diplomacy) of Iran, Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Minister of Foreign Affairs) of Russia, Ronald Lamola (Minister of International Relations and Cooperation) of South Africa, H. E. Reem Bint Ebraham (Minister of Foreign Affairs) of South Africa. E. Reem Bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy (Minister of State for International Cooperation) of the United Arab Emirates and in the official photo the order from left to right is: Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Ethiopia, Brazil, China, Indonesia, South Africa, Iran and India pose for a photo before the meeting. (Photo by Fabio Teixeira/Anadolu via Getty Images)