President Hage Geingob will be heading to South Africa this Wednesday afternoon to attend the BRICS Summit, which began on Tuesday, and is set to return on Friday.
At the invitation of his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, who is hosting the gathering, Geingob is set to participate and deliver a statement at the BRICS-Africa Outreach and the BRICS Plus Dialogue.
The BRICS-Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogue will focus on building upon the continuity established by previous BRICS-Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogues, which have been convened in the past.
The sub-theme for the 2023 BRICS-Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogues is “BRICS in Africa: Working towards the realization of African Aspirations.”
“South Africa has elected to invite leaders from nine different African countries, including President Hage G. Geingob, in his capacity as the Outgoing Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ Troika, to the BRICS-Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogues,” the Presidency announced on Wednesday.
On the margins of the BRICS-Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogues, with the objective of strengthening Namibia’s economic diplomacy, President Geingob will have bilateral meetings with Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, and Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, including Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius.
On the same day, Geingob will also deliver a statement in the China-Africa Leaders’ Dialogue to be hosted by Ramaphosa and Jinping under the theme: “Promoting African integration and jointly building a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future.
During the dialogue, Africa and China will engage in in-depth exchanges on ways to collaborate and advance their modernization efforts while fostering a peaceful, just, and open environment for development.
BRICS is a grouping of the world’s economies, including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, formed by the addition of South Africa in 2010 to the predecessor BRIC.
The current BRICS five now contribute 31.5% of global GDP.
More than 40 countries have expressed their desire to join BRICS, and 22 have submitted applications.
