BRICS should consolidate G20's role as premier platform for int'l economic cooperation: Xi

HAMBURG, Germany, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Friday that the BRICS members should consolidate the role of the Group of 20 (G20) mechanism as the premier platform for international economic cooperation.

He made the remarks at an informal leaders' meeting of the emerging-market bloc, which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, ahead of a G20 summit in the German port city of Hamburg.