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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L), China's leader Xi Jinping (2nd L), South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (C), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2nd R) and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) raise their arms as they pose for a group photograph, at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on Aug. 23, 2023. Alet Pretorious/AFP via Getty Images
Leaders of the BRICS group of nations have called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an international conference to address the decades-long Israel–Palestinian conflict.
Leaders of the five-nation bloc (made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) made the appeal at a Nov. 21 virtual summit that was convened to discuss Israel’s ongoing military campaign in the Gaza Strip.
