Pepe Escobar: Putin-Xi-Modi talks set the stage for meat of the matter at BRICS Summit

Pepe Escobar: Putin-Xi-Modi talks ‘set the stage for meat of the matter’ at BRICS Summit “Today is the actual start of the Kazan Summit…The bilaterals between Putin and Xi and Putin and Modi were wonderful. They were like friends talking. This was essential to set the stage for today is the meat of the matter,” veteran international affairs observer Pepe Escobar told Sputnik on the sidelines of the summit in Kazan. “We assume that they will tackle the Saudi Arabia issue. Is Saudi Arabia in or out? We’re probably going to have a decision today. And of course, the geoeconomic papers are on the table for all of them,“ he said. “That is expecting something today that is, I would say, larger than life, in fact, because the decisions hovering over the leaders, they understand the historical importance of what is going to be decided today and tomorrow here in Kazan,” Escobar concluded. #BRICS2024 Subscribe to [club80289214|@SputnikInt] Source: Sputnik International