In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar shake hands during their meeting on the sideline of a BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor shake hands during their meeting on the sideline of a BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, shake hands during their meeting on the sideline of a BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Demonstrators protest against the war in Ukraine at a venue where the Russian and Chinese foreign ministers are set to meet with their counterparts from the BRICS economic bloc of developing nations in Cape Town, South Africa Thursday, June 1, 2023. The meeting is a precursor to a larger summit of developing nations in South Africa in August that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend while under indictment by the International Criminal Court. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

Russian Foreign Minster, Sergey Lavrov, right, and his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor, left, meet with their counterparts from the BRICS economic bloc of developing nations in Cape Town, South Africa Thursday, June 1, 2023. The meeting is a precursor to a larger summit of developing nations in South Africa in August that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend while under indictment by the International Criminal Court. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

Russian Foreign Minster, Sergey Lavrov, left,, and his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor, right, meet with their counterparts from the BRICS economic bloc of developing nations in Cape Town, South Africa Thursday, June 1, 2023. The meeting is a precursor to a larger summit of developing nations in South Africa in August that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend while under indictment by the International Criminal Court. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

Russian Foreign Minster, Sergey Lavrov, at a meeting with his counterparts from the BRICS economic bloc of developing nations in Cape Town, South Africa Thursday, June 1, 2023. The meeting is a precursor to a larger summit of developing nations in South Africa in August that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend while under indictment by the International Criminal Court. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

Russian Foreign Minster, Sergey Lavrov, at a meeting with his counterparts from the BRICS economic bloc of developing nations in Cape Town, South Africa Thursday, June 1, 2023. The meeting is a precursor to a larger summit of developing nations in South Africa in August that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend while under indictment by the International Criminal Court. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

From left, Foreign Ministers from China, Qin Gang, Brazil's, Ambassador Mauro Vieira, South Africa's, Naledi Pandor, Russia's, Sergey Lavrov and India's Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at a meeting from the BRICS economic bloc of developing nations in Cape Town, South Africa Thursday, June 1, 2023. The meeting is a precursor to a larger summit of developing nations in South Africa in August that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend while under indictment by the International Criminal Court. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, talks to members of the media at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Foreign Ministers Meeting on June 01, 2023, in Cape Town. Foreign ministers from BRICS -- a five-nations bloc including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- were meeting in Cape Town on Thursday. The talks came ahead of a heads of state summit in August, which is proving problematic for the host, South Africa, due to the possible attendance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the target of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)

Ma Zhaoxu, deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (L), Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2nd L), and South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor (3rd L) stand in the lift at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Foreign Ministers Meeting on June 01, 2023, in Cape Town. Foreign ministers from BRICS -- a five-nations bloc including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- were meeting in Cape Town on Thursday. The talks came ahead of a heads of state summit in August, which is proving problematic for the host, South Africa, due to the possible attendance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the target of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)

Ma ZHaoxu, deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (L), Mauro Viera, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (2nd L), Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (C), Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2nd R), and Subrahmanyam Jaishanker, Minister of Foreign Affairs of India, pose for photos at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Foreign Ministers Meeting on June 01, 2023, in Cape Town. Foreign ministers from BRICS -- a five-nations bloc including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- were meeting in Cape Town on Thursday. The talks came ahead of a heads of state summit in August, which is proving problematic for the host, South Africa, due to the possible attendance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the target of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)

Ma ZHaoxu, deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (L), Mauro Viera, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (2nd L), Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (C), Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2nd R), and Subrahmanyam Jaishanker, Minister of Foreign Affairs of India, pose for photos at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Foreign Ministers Meeting on June 01, 2023, in Cape Town. Foreign ministers from BRICS -- a five-nations bloc including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- were meeting in Cape Town on Thursday. The talks came ahead of a heads of state summit in August, which is proving problematic for the host, South Africa, due to the possible attendance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the target of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)

Ma ZHaoxu, deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (L), Mauro Viera, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (2nd L), Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (C), Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2nd R), and Subrahmanyam Jaishanker, Minister of Foreign Affairs of India, arrive for a family photo at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Foreign Ministers Meeting on June 01, 2023, in Cape Town. Foreign ministers from BRICS -- a five-nations bloc including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- were meeting in Cape Town on Thursday. The talks came ahead of a heads of state summit in August, which is proving problematic for the host, South Africa, due to the possible attendance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the target of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)

Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (L) and Sergei Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (R), are seen at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Foreign Ministers Meeting on June 01, 2023, in Cape Town. Foreign ministers from BRICS -- a five-nations bloc including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- were meeting in Cape Town on Thursday. The talks came ahead of a heads of state summit in August, which is proving problematic for the host, South Africa, due to the possible attendance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the target of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)