President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian, President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira attended a restricted-format meeting of the BRICS Summit. Before the meeting, the heads of delegations of the BRICS countries posed for an official photograph.
The meeting continued in an expanded format, with President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva joining it via videoconference.
Kazan Declaration has been adopted following the 16th BRICS Summit.