His spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the president’s plans in an interview with Sputnik at the Eastern Economic Forum.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed that President Xi Jinping would attend the BRICS summit via video link from Beijing.
"At the invitation of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS Leaders Virtual Meeting via video link in Beijing on September 8 and deliver an important address," the ministry said in a statement.
Brazil will hold an extraordinary virtual summit of BRICS member countries on September 8 to discuss the US trade pressure.