Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend the 17th BRICS Leaders Summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 to 7, 2025, representing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the gathering hosted by BRICS term chair Brazil.

Axar.az reports, citing Turkish media, Minister Fidan will participate in sessions titled "Strengthening Multilateralism, Economic-Financial Issues, and Artificial Intelligence" and "Environment, COP30, and Global Health," which are open to non-member countries.

Fidan previously participated in a "BRICS+" session on the margins of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on June 10-11, 2024.