STORY: Experts hail BRICS as inclusive platform for global cooperation
DATELINE: Aug. 29, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:35
LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Johannesburg and 15th BRICS Summit
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CAVINCE ADHERE, Kenya-based international relations scholar
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MOKHTAR GHOBASHY, Deputy chairman of Cairo-based Arab Center for Political and Strategic Studies

STORYLINE:

Experts around the world speak highly of the achievements made by the BRICS Summit and its role in providing an inclusive platform for global cooperation.

The 15th BRICS Summit was held on Aug. 22-24 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CAVINCE ADHERE, Kenya-based international relations scholar
"I think BRICS (not only) offers an opportunity for intercultural collaboration among the participating countries, but also other countries which have got a framework for collaboration. BRICS gives these countries a new opportunity to work together to overcome their development challenges. It provides them with the market, it provides them with resources, it provides them with the inspiration."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review
"BRICS now is becoming one of the most important elements for economic development worldwide. The world is now moving in a different direction. It is the tune of the Global South that we will be hearing at the BRICS summit. This will be a message of peace. It will be a message of harmony, and it will be a message of development. I think that's the biggest characteristic of the BRICS meeting."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MOKHTAR GHOBASHY, Deputy chairman of Cairo-based Arab Center for Political and Strategic Studies
"More and more countries desire to join BRICS because they see it as a huge attractive influential economic force. Joining the bloc will increase investments, trade exchange, and development opportunities between its member states and the BRICS New Development Bank could offer soft loans."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa.
(XHTV)