The XVI BRICS Summit, dedicated to strengthening multilateralization for equitable global development and security, has ended in Kazan. Following the discussion, the participants adopted the Kazan Declaration, which included many issues previously considered by the relevant ministers of the participating countries.
The Republic of India proposed the creation of an International Alliance of Big Cats in 2023 during the BRICS Leaders' summit in Johannesburg. The call for joint work to further promote the conservation and protection of the most vulnerable feline species was supported by the leaders of the countries at the XVI summit of the association in Kazan.
The member countries of the association support efforts in the environmental direction. Following the results of the XVI summit, the Kazan Declaration stated that the Clean BRICS Rivers initiative within the framework of the BRICS Environmentally Friendly Technologies Platform (BEST) will be further developed.