Having become the key and flagship event of the BRICS WBA during Russia’s BRICS Chairship in 2024, the Forum, held on June 3-4, 2024 in Moscow, gathered more than 350 representatives of business, public and government circles from 26 countries, including all the BRICS countries (Russia, Brazil, India, China, South Africa, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia, Israel, Azerbaijan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Republic of Mali, Philippines, Republic of Belarus, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Thailand, Republic of Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe).