An unusual and alarming incident took place in the recent BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africawhen a man, later identified as the translator for the Chinese president Xi Jinpingwas shot down by security guards while trying to approach the Chinese leader.
As President Xi walked the red carpet during the event, greeting the officials present, a Chinese aide rushed to catch up with him. The security guards, suspicious of his attitude, reacted quickly, pushing him against a wall with force and closing the doors to prevent him from following the president.
Xi Jinping repeatedly looked back, visibly puzzledpossibly questioning the whereabouts of his translator and noting that something strange had happened behind him in that space.
The incident was captured on video and subsequently went viral on the internet, raising questions about security protocols at international events and how unexpected situations are handled.
The XV Summit of Heads of State and Government of the BRICS group of emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) reached its climax on Wednesday with plenary meetings, all -except one- held behind closed doors and in in which leaders addressed issues such as group expansion.
For his part, in a speech during the public session of the plenary on the second day, Xi Jinping urged to pursue more “political and security cooperation to uphold peace and tranquility” in a world of “turmoil.”
“The Cold War mentality still haunts our world and the geopolitical situation is becoming tense. The BRICS countries should uphold the direction of peaceful development and consolidate the BRICS strategic partnership,” the Chinese president remarked in Johannesburg.
According to the leader of the world’s second largest economy, the group’s summit took place “at a time when the world is undergoing major changes and divisions” and has entered “a new period of turbulence and transformation.”
Xi also noted that “strengthening global governance is the right choice” if the international community wants to “address the challenges.” Thus, the Chinese president defended international rules “based on the UN Charter” rather than “those dictated by those with the strongest muscles”in an apparent allusion to the United States, a great geopolitical rival of the Asian giant.
Brazil, Russia, India and China created the BRIC group in 2006, to which South Africa joined in 2010 by adding the letter S to the acronym. The bloc represents more than 42% of the world’s population and 30% of the planet’s territory, as well as 23% of gross domestic product (GDP) and 18% of world trade.
(With information from EFE)
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