PM Narendra Modi To Virtually Chair BRICS Summit On September 9: Govt
Mumbai: PM Narendra Modi will chair the BRICS Summit on Thursday in virtual format, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, among others will attend the meeting, the ministry said on Monday. The theme for the Summit is ‘BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus’.
India had outlined four priority areas for its Chairship. These are Reform of the Multilateral System, Counter-Terrorism, Using Digital and Technological Tools for achieving SDGs and Enhancing People to People exchanges. In addition to these areas, the leaders will also exchange views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other current global and regional issues, the ministry said.
This is the second time Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be chairing the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit. Earlier he had chaired the Goa Summit in 2016. The Indian Chairship of BRICS this year coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of BRICS, as reflected in the theme for the Summit.
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The meeting will also be attended by India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, New Development Bank President Marcos Troyjo, Provisional Chairman of BRICS Business Council, Onkar Kanwar and Provisional Chairperson of BRICS Women’s Business Alliance Sangita Reddy. They will present reports on the results made this year under their respective tracks to the leaders during the summit.
Russia hosted the last BRICS meeting. The 2020 BRICS summit was held virtually under the chairmanship of Russia amid the COVID pandemic. The summit took place in November and was the first time that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were on the same platform after the Galwan Valley episode.
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