BRICS Leaders to Meet as India Prepares to Host 2026 Summit
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Leaders of four major nations are expected to come together for a BRICS meeting. They are China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, and India's Narendra Modi.
One key topic at the summit is reducing the use of the US dollar in global trade. China and Russia have reportedly pushed this idea forward, and now attention turns to how India will respond to the plan.
BRICS was originally formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The group has since grown to include more countries and now plays a bigger role in world affairs.
India's prime minister has also spoken about the future of the group. He confirmed that India is fully prepared to host the BRICS summit in 2026.
The world is watching BRICS closely, as decisions made by its members could affect global trade and the position of the US dollar in international markets.
Vocabulary10 words
- BRICS
- a group of powerful countries working together
- summit
- an important meeting between country leaders
- dollar
- the main currency of the United States
- reduce
- to make something smaller or less
- global trade
- buying and selling between countries
- prepared
- ready for something
- host
- to organize and hold an event
- currency
- the money used in a country
- international
- between different countries
- affairs
- important events or matters
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Answer key
1. Xi, Putin, Pezeshkian, Modi 2. Reducing use of the US dollar 3. Host the BRICS summit
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Leaders of four major nations are expected to come together for a _____ meeting.
They are China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, and India's _____.
One key topic at the summit is reducing the use of the US _____ in global trade.
China and Russia have reportedly pushed this idea forward, and now attention turns to how _____ will respond to the plan.
BRICS was originally formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and _____.
India's prime minister has also spoken about the future of the group.
He confirmed that India is fully _____ to host the BRICS summit in 2026.
The world is watching BRICS closely, as decisions made by its members could affect global _____ and the position of the US dollar.