UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to attend the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, said Vladimir Kuznetsov, head of the UN information center in Moscow, Paralel.Az reports citing TASS.

"I am very pleased to be in Kazan, which in three weeks will host the summit of BRICS countries, where United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will participate as a guest," he told reporters.

According to Kuznetsov, the UN expects that important agreements will be reached at the summit and that it will "give the necessary forward momentum to ensure that the goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, all 17 goals, are implemented and make life on the planet more prosperous and safe."