The BRICS group gathered leaders from Brazil, Russia, India and China at its first summit in 2009. The bloc later added South Africa and last year included Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as full members. This is the first leaders' summit to include Indonesia.

Leaders of the growing BRICS group of developing nations met in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, reaffirming the bloc's commitment to multilateral diplomacy. In his opening remarks, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said,

Leaders and representatives from the BRICS alliance will convene on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro for the 17th annual summit of the group, where they are anticipated to discuss significant topics such as trade,