On the sidelines of the BRICS Summit, the prime minister held meetings with world leaders to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation.

Indonesia's statement might cool down Donald Trump's fears over the BRICS setting up a common currency to undermine the dollar.

By Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO -Leaders of the growing BRICS group of developing nations were set to gather in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, calling for reform of traditional Western institutions while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism in an increasingly fractured world.