The BRICS mechanism is emerging as a backbone of the Global South cooperation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday.
Guo made the statement in response to a media query on the upcoming BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, scheduled to take place in Brazil from April 28 to 29. "The BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from April 28 to 29, when a dialog involving foreign ministers of member states and partner countries will be staged on the sidelines of the meeting. Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will exchange views with various parties on BRICS cooperation, current international and regional landscape, and other issues of common concerns, and make preparations for the 17th BRICS Summit," said Guo.
"The BRICS cooperation mechanism came into being in the historic tide of collective rise of Global South countries. It complies with the international community's expectations on safeguarding world peace, promoting common development and improving global governance, and is emerging as a backbone of the Global South cooperation and an engine of its growth," he said.
"This will be the first Foreign Ministers' Meeting since the BRICS family accepted Indonesia as a new full member and nine partner countries. China stands ready to work with other all parties to jointly build a more comprehensive, close, practical and inclusive partnership, make BRICS' contributions to upholding multilateralism, equity and justice, and advance the high-quality development of greater BRICS cooperation," he said.
BRICS mechanism becomes backbone of Global South cooperation: spokesman
BRICS mechanism becomes backbone of Global South cooperation: spokesman
Protests against federal immigration enforcement are spreading across the United States, with the latest demonstration unfolding directly in front of the White House.
Early Saturday, more than a hundred demonstrators gathered there, demanding changes to the Trump administration's immigration policies and accountability for recent shootings involving federal agents.
Immigrant rights and civil rights groups said this weekend's rallies mark a coordinated national response. Demonstrations are planned or already underway in major cities including Philadelphia, as well as across states such as North Carolina, Florida, Texas, and Washington, D.C., where organizers are calling for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be removed from local communities.
The nationwide protests follow a deadly week in which three people were shot by federal agents in two days.
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a 37-year-old woman, Renee Good, was killed during an enforcement operation by the ICE. A day later in Portland, Oregon, a man and a woman were wounded during a separate federal operation.
In the aftermath, Minnesota state officials accused the Trump administration of blocking their investigation by denying access to key evidence and prematurely drawing conclusions before a full review could be completed.
On Friday, Donald Trump defended the Department of Homeland Security's actions, sharply criticizing Minnesota leaders and calling them corrupt.
Local leaders have pushed back. During a Saturday news conference, the mayor of Minneapolis described ICE agents' actions as reckless.
Officials in both Minneapolis and Portland continue urging demonstrators to remain peaceful as protests intensify nationwide.
According to a 50501 Movement statement issued Friday, at least 32 people died in ICE custody in 2025.
Nationwide protests erupt in US after ICE shootings
