France Says Macron Hopes To Attend BRICS Summit

French President Emmanuel Macron hopes to attend a BRICS summit scheduled for August, his foreign minister said Tuesday, a meeting to which Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been invited. Foreign minister Catherine Colonna said she had informed summit hosts South Africa Pretoria of Macron's "interest" in attending as an observer at the summit of a bloc which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. "I informed my counterpart... of the President's availability and interest in pursuing dialogue that France maintains with the BRICS," Colonna said in response to a...