Sputnik
An extraordinary online BRICS summit on the escalation of the situation in the Middle East took place on Tuesday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin criticizing the US for monopolizing mediation efforts.
Leaders of BRICS countries including new applicants convened an emergency virtual meeting on November 21, as the US and Israel continue to oppose a ceasefire in Gaza amid skyrocketing civilian casualties and an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe.
The non-stop violence is the result of Washington's "monopolizing" the negotiation process and blocking the Middle East Quartet of international mediators – which, apart from the US includes Russia, the UN and the EU – from stepping in and proposing peace solutions, as Vladimir Putin outlined during the online gathering.
Meanwhile, it is hardly coincidental that BRICS became a platform for the Mideast crisis summit, according to Dr. Hesham Alghannam, Saudi political scientist and Director General of the Strategic Studies and National Security Programs at Naif Arab University for Security Sciences.
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