Fill Urban Diplomacy with Practical Meaning

... programme of the upcoming BRICS summit and presented to the leaders of the countries that will gather in Rio de Janeiro in early July. We are only at the beginning of our journey to create an effective mechanism for intermunicipal cooperation within BRICS+. We manage to find common ground with mayors from all over the world, primarily due to our focus on practical solutions to common and most pressing urban problems. In an increasingly urbanized world, the importance of urban diplomacy will only grow, and I would like to call on everyone - leaders, academic and expert communities, residents of our cities - to actively engage in our dialogue and together create a comfortable, sustainable and safe urban environment.