BRICS nations call for ‘immediate, sustained & durable humanitarian truce’ in Israel-Hamas conflict

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Hosted by South Africa, the chair, in virtual mode, the BRICS’s “Extraordinary Joint Meeting on the Middle East situation” was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. In the Chair’s summary released, leaders of the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — along with invited countries noted , “We reiterated our strong support for regional and international efforts aimed at achieving an immediate cessation of hostilities, ensuring the protection of civilians and the provision of humanitarian aid.” New Delhi: In...