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BEIJING, July 28-- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that enhancing BRICS cooperation not only protects and expands the interests of BRICS countries, but also helps explore ways to build a new type of international relations. Xi made the remarks when meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, South African Minister of State Security David Mahlobo, Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, and Brazilian Institutional Security Minister Sergio Etchegoyen, who were in Beijing to attend the seventh meeting of BRICS High Representatives for Security Issues. Xi said the meeting was a success as it had made important preparations for the upcoming BRICS summit in China's southeastern coastal city of Xiamen in September. BRICS cooperation has a ten-year history, and it has broken down boundaries of distance, overcome differences of BRICS countries' development path and social institutions, and showcased their shared aspiration for stability, development and people's better livelihoods, Xi said. He also called for synchronized development of the economy and finance cooperation, people-to-people exchanges and coordination on security issues among BRICS countries. China upholds that global problems such as terrorism should be fundamentally resolved by development, Xi said, adding that the international community should push the global economy onto a sustainable development path and promote economic globalization to develop in a fair, inclusive and sustainable manner. | 
