1st BRIC summit

The inaugural BRIC summit took place in Yekaterinburg, Russia on June 16, 2009.^[1] The four heads of state or heads of government from the BRIC countries attended.^[2]

The acronym BRIC (for Brazil, Russia, India, China) was first used in a Goldman Sachs thesis projecting that the economic potential of Brazil, Russia, India and China is such that they may become among the five most dominant economies by the year 2050.^[3] Today, the four countries produce about 15 percent of the world’s gross domestic product and hold about 40 percent of the gold and hard currency reserves.^[4]

Political dialogue between the BRIC countries began in New York in September 2006, with a meeting of the BRIC foreign ministers. Four high-level meetings have followed, including a full-scale meeting in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on May 16, 2008.^[5]

The heads of state and heads of government of the four countries participated.

Core BRIC membersHost state and leader are shown in bold text.
Member		Represented by	Title
	Brazil	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	President
	Russia	Dmitry Medvedev	President
	India	Manmohan Singh	Prime Minister
	China	Hu Jintao	General SecretaryPresident

• 
  BrazilLula da Silva, President
• 
  RussiaDmitry Medvedev, President (Host)
• 
  IndiaManmohan Singh, Prime Minister
• 
  ChinaHu Jintao, CCP General Secretary and President

The leaders discussed the 2008 financial crisis, global development, and further strengthening of the BRIC group.^[6]

• الموقع الرسمي الأول لقمة البريك
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