Rio de Janeiro, July 7 -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emphasized that the BRICS economic bloc serves as a concrete manifestation of the non-aligned vision echoed by countries at the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955.

"BRICS is a manifestation of the Bandung non-aligned movement. BRICS carries the spirit of Bandung," Lula said in a plenary session of the 2025 BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, attended by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and other top BRICS officials.

Addressing the current geopolitical trend, he alluded to the apparent waning of multilateralism among countries around the globe.

"The United Nations is now 80 years old, but we are witnessing an unprecedented co...