In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, shake hands during their meeting on the sideline of a BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)
June 4, 2023
Stories this photo appears in:
June 4, 2023 midnight
Russian minister attends meeting of developing economies as bloc discusses adding Saudi Arabia, Iran
Ahead of the talks at a luxury oceanside hotel in South Africa, Lavrov cast BRICS — an acronym for current members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — as central to the establishment of a "more just" world order.