in a declaration the brics brazilrussiaindiachina south africa called upon all nations to adopt a comprehensive approach in combating terrorism including countering radicalisation and blocking terror financing sources here is the full text of xiamen declarationxiamen china 4 september 20171 we the leaders of the federative republic of brazil the russian federation the republic of india the peoples republic of china and the republic of south africa met on 4 september 2017 in xiamen china at the ninth brics summit under the theme brics stronger partnership for a brighter future we endeavor to build on our achievements already made with a shared vision for future development of brics we also discussed international and regional issues of common concern and adopted the xiamen declaration by consensus2 we reiterate that it is the overarching objective and our desire for peace security development and cooperation that brought us together 10 years ago brics countries have since traversed a remarkable journey together on their respective development paths tailored to their national circumstances devoted to growing their economies and improving peoples livelihoods our committed and concerted efforts have generated a momentum of alldimensional and multilayered cooperation fostered by the previous leaders summits upholding development and multilateralism we are working together for a more just equitable fair democratic and representative international political and economic order4 our cooperation since 2006 has fostered the brics spirit featuring mutual respect and understanding equality solidarity openness inclusiveness and mutually beneficial cooperation which is our valuable asset and an inexhaustible source of strength for brics cooperation we have shown respect for the development paths of our respective choices and rendered understanding and support to each others interests we have upheld equality and solidarity we have also embraced openness and inclusiveness dedicated to forging an open world economy we have furthered our cooperation with emerging markets and developing countries emdcs we have worked together for mutually beneficial outcomes and common development constantly deepening brics practical cooperation which benefits the world at large4 we draw satisfaction from the many fruitful results of our cooperation including establishing the new development bank ndb and the contingent reserve arrangement cra formulating the strategy for brics economic partnership strengthening political and security cooperation including through meetings of brics high representatives for security issues and foreign ministers meetings and deepening the traditional ties of friendship amongst our peoples5 recalling our summits in ufa and goa we will work together to further enhance brics strategic partnership for the welfare of our peoples we commit ourselves to build upon the outcomes and consensus of our previous summits with unwavering conviction so as to usher in the second golden decade of brics cooperation and solidarity6 believing in the broad development prospects of our countries and the vast potential of our cooperation we have full confidence in the future of brics we commit to further strengthen our cooperation we will energize our practical cooperation to boost development of brics countries we will inter alia promote exchanges of good practices and experiences