RIO DE JANEIRO: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim landed here on his third and final leg of his official visit and working trip to three cities.
At Galeao Air Force Base here, the Prime Minister was received by the Acting Head of Mission of Malaysia to Brazil Datuk Mohammad Ali Selamat and Brazil's Trade Promotion, Science, Technology, Innovation and Culture Secretary Ambassador Laudemar Gonçalves de Aguiar Neto.
Anwar arrived at 5.41am local time (4.41pm Malaysian time) on Saturday (July 5) after a 12-hour flight from Paris, where he completed a two-day official visit.
Anwar, who is also the Finance Minister, is in Brazil at the invitation of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
He is accompanied by Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz; Transport Minister Anthony Loke; Miri MP Chiew Choon Man; and Paya Besar MP Datuk Mohd Shahar Abdullah.
Malaysia's participation in the 17th BRICS Leaders' Summit is in its capacity as BRICS Partner Country and Asean Chair 2025.
Intelligence" and "Environment, COP30 and Global Health" sessions.
The intervention reflects Malaysia's steadfast commitment to strengthening multilateralism and amplifying the voice and interests of developing countries.
In its capacity as Asean Chair 2025, Malaysia will seek to promote stronger engagement between Asean and BRICS, with the aim of advancing regional cooperation, deepening economic partnerships, and contributing to collective efforts toward a more equitable and sustainable global economy.
During his three-day stay here, Anwar is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from BRICS member and partner countries.
He is also expected to engage with Brazilian and Malaysian companies.
The BRICS group – which serves as a political and diplomatic coordination forum for countries of the Global South and collaboration across diverse sectors – was initially established by Brazil, Russia, India and China.
It later expanded with the inclusion of South Africa in 2011, followed by Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in 2023, and Indonesia in 2024.
Malaysia, as well as Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Nigeria, Thailand, Vietnam, Uganda and Uzbekistan, were accepted as BRICS partner countries
