Addressing top diplomats from the 10-member grouping, Foreign Minister Sugiono warned that the world was increasingly shaped by unilateral economic measures and political interference, and urged BRICS to take greater responsibility for confronting injustice and upholding international law consistently.

“We live in a world where those who built the international order are also contributing to its disorder,” Sugiono said during his intervention. 

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“As a rising force of the Global South, BRICS has both the standing and responsibility to take a more active role in safeguarding peace and preserving the rules that sustain global stability,” he continued. 

Sugiono said practical steps BRICS could take included safeguarding the integrity of the International Court of Justice, strengthening the United Nations Security Council, advancing meaningful reform of global governance and defending a “non-discriminatory trading system” centered on the World Trade Organization.

He warned that widening rifts among major powers and escalating conflicts, particularly in the Middle East, illustrated how unchecked geopolitical rivalries could spiral into destruction, urging BRICS not to be pulled into growing global polarization.

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