China is fully prepared for the 14th BRICS Summit, Ma Zhaoxu, vice foreign minister and coordinator for China's BRICS Affairs, said on Tuesday.

Vice Chinese Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu at a meeting with the coordinators of Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa via video link in Beijing, China, June 21, 2022. (Photo: Chinese Foreign Ministry)

Ma made the remarks as coordinators for the emerging-market bloc grouping Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met for the third time in the runup to Thursday's 14th BRICS Summit.

Since China became the BRICS chair at the beginning of 2022, BRICS countries have made progress in trade and finance, politics, security, and people-to-people exchanges under the theme of "Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development," Ma said.

He briefed the other coordinators about arrangements for the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum on June 22, the 14th BRICS Summit on June 23, and the High-level Dialogue on Global Development on June 24.

The third meeting of the coordinators for Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa is held via video link, June 21, 2022. (Photo: Chinese Foreign Ministry)

The BRICS coordinators spoke highly of China's role and its work as chair and recognized the achievements and progress the group has made cooperatively.

They said the countries will continue to work together to achieve fruitful results at the summit.