Xinhua Report on BRICS Summit Cites Views of Helga Zepp-LaRouche

June 25, 2022 (EIRNS)—Xinhua today published an extensive review of the just-concluded BRICS summit, under the headline “BRICS Cooperation Injects Vitality into Global Development, Wins Worldwide Applause.” The article summarized Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speeches to the conference, and did a round-up of comments by a half-dozen international experts as to the significance of the summit. Among those featured was Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche:

“In the view of Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder and chairman of German think tank Schiller Institute, BRICS countries respect each other, firmly support multilateralism, and are committed to win-win cooperation. BRICS cooperation in such fields as food supply and public health is of great significance to the world, Zepp-LaRouche said, adding BRICS countries can play an important role in eradicating global hunger and strengthening the construction of modern global health systems.”

The article also reported on the views of Samer Khair Ahmed, a Jordanian writer and expert on Arab-China relations (“Xi’s call for global cooperation and solidarity, as well as true multilateralism, is a positive step toward world peace and security”); Charles Onunaiju, director of the Abuja, Nigeria-based Center for China Studies (who praised China “for sharing Chinese expertise in the eradication of poverty and food security with the rest of the world); Sudheendra Kulkarni, former chairman of Mumbai-based think-tank Observer Research Foundation; and others.