JOHANNESBURG, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping called on BRICS countries to work for a new type of international relations featuring mutual respect, equality, justice and win-win cooperation here on Thursday.

"By fully leveraging the role of BRICS meetings of foreign ministers, national security advisers and permanent representatives to the United Nations, we can make our voice heard, put forth our solutions," Xi said at the plenary session of the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg.

BRICS gathers the world's five major emerging economies -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.