在金砖国家领导人厦门会晤（BRICS Xiamen Summit）举行前夕，俄罗斯总统普京在中国日报上发表英文署名文章《金砖国家——开启战略伙伴关系的新视野》（BRICS: Towards new horizons of strategic partnership），分享对金砖国家未来合作前景的看法。
据俄驻华大使称，普京总统将于今日抵达厦门，出席金砖国家厦门峰会。希望中俄两国能够借金砖国家领导人厦门会晤进一步加强合作。
金砖合作建立在平等原则之上
普京在文章中说：
作为今年的金砖国家轮值主席国，中国的高效率工作使我们在政治、经济、人文等所有主要合作领域得以共同取得重要的进展。此外，金砖五国在世界上的地位也得到了显著的提升。
“I would like to begin by expressing our appreciation of China’s significant contribution as this year’s chair of the organisation, which has allowed the BRICS countries as a group to move forward in all the key areas of our partnership, including politics, the economy and culture. Moreover, the group of five has greatly strengthened its global standing.”
普京说：
重要的是，我们这个合作机制的活动，是建立在平等、尊重和顾及彼此的观点与共识的原则之上的。在金砖国家——没有任何人强加给别人任何事务。当立场不完全一致时，我们会进行耐心、细致的工作，拉近这些立场。这种公开、信任的氛围，有助于我们对既定任务的顺利落实。
“It is important that our group’s activities are based on the principles of equality, respect for one another’s opinions and consensus.Within BRICS, nothing is ever forced on anyone. When the approaches of its members do not coincide, we work patiently and carefully to coordinate them. This open and trust-based atmosphere is conducive to the successful implementation of our tasks.”
