Johannesburg | South Africa will host a four-day trade fair alongside the BRICS Summit in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the leaders of Brazil, China and the host country will gather here later this month.
The BRICS bloc - comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - brings together five of the largest developing countries of the world, representing 41 per cent of the global population, 24 per cent of the global GDP and 16 per cent of the global trade.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate virtually in the Summit, to be held from August 22-24, due to an ICC warrant that would have obliged South Africa to arrest him if he came in person.
