BRICS defends true multilateralism: China Daily editorial chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-06-03 20:01 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a virtual meeting of foreign ministers of the BRICS countries in Guiyang, Guizhou province, June 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] The joint statement on strengthening and reforming the world's multilateral system issued after the video conference of the foreign ministers of BRICS on Tuesday was a confidence-inspiring response to address the world's growing trust and governance deficits. In stark contrast to the United States, which sows discord under the cloak of multilateralism, by taking advantage of almost all multilateral meetings and platforms to isolate those countries disagreeable to its eyes, the foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have demonstrated what real multilateralism is.