Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the BRICS nations to strengthen coordination and cooperation in a speech delivered during the bloc's foreign ministers' meeting held at the United Nations Tuesday.
In his speech, Wang said the BRICS nations should strengthen coordination and jointly make their voices heard on issues of global politics and security, deepen cooperation to boost economic growth, build a platform to play a unique role in the issue of development, and advance pragmatic cooperation in various fields.
The foreign minister vowed to continue the bloc's engagement in peacefully solving regional conflicts, maintaining global and regional stability and the post-war world order, upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and jointly building a new type of international relations with win-win cooperation at its core.
With respect to stimulating economic potential, Wang underscored the need to enhance coordination in macro-economic policy-making, promote structural reforms, advance the reform of global economic governance, and improve the international financial and currency system.
The foreign minister said the BRICS nations should continue to build a bridge between the North-South dialogue and South-South cooperation with a special focus on solving issues of poverty, health, education and those related to fundamental human existence.
Wang also urged futher cooperation in spreading the BRICS' influence on development issues and called for concerted efforts to reach a comprehensive, balanced and forceful agreement at the climate summit in Paris this November.
The foreign minister said the bloc should substantially move forward pragmatic cooperation, which includes accelerating flagship projects like the BRICS New Development Bank and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA), expanding and deepening cooperation in trade, investment and finance, enhancing people-to-people exchanges and comparing notes on governance.
Foreign ministers of the BRICS nations also discussed the situations in Syria, Israel and Palestine, Ukraine, the global economic situation, the reform of international financial institutions, the post-2015 development agenda, climate change, international anti-terrorism cooperation and UN reforms.
