Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the 13th BRICS Summit on Thursday in a virtual format. Brazil President Jair Bolsanaro, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping are attending the meeting. The theme for the Summit is 'BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus'.
HIGHLIGHTS
6:17 pm: Afghanistan should not become a threat to its neighbouring countries, a source of terrorism and drug trafficking: Russian President Vladimir Putin says
6:00 pm: The withdrawal of US forces & its allies from Afghanistan has led to a new crisis, and it's still unclear how this will affect global & regional security. It is for good reason that our countries have paid special attention to this issue: Russian President Vladimir Putin
5:47 pm: Our collected response to COVID19 has demonstrated what can be achieved when we work together. As BRICS countries we must continue to safeguard our people's lives, livelihoods, support global economic recovery & enchance resilience of public systems: Ramaphosa
5:45 pm: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa now speaking
5:43 pm: As long as we put our mind and effort, we can make smooth, solid, and sustained progress in BRICS cooperation, says Jinping
5:42 pm: Mr Modi, want to thank you and Indian govt for fruitful arrangements, says Jinping
5:41 pm: Chinese President Xi Jinping begins speaking
5:40 pm: Recently the first “BRICS Digital Health Conference” was organized. This is an innovative step to increase health access with the help of technology. Our Water Resources Minister will meet for the first time in BRICS format in November, says PM Modi
5:39 pm: We have to ensure that BRICS is more productive in the next 15 years. The theme that India has chosen for its presidency reflects this priority - "BRICS at 15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus"
5:38 pm: BRICS has made many achievements in the last one and a half decades. Today we are an influential voice for the emerging economies of the world. This platform has also been useful for focusing on the priorities of developing countries: PM Modi
5:36 pm: We have received immense support from you all, I thank you all, says PM Modi
5:35 pm: PM Modi addresses 13th BRICS Summit
This is the second time Prime Minister Modi is 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 15th anniversary of BRICS, as reflected in the theme for the summit.
The meeting was also attended by India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, President of the New Development Bank Marcos Troyjo, the pro tempore chair of the BRICS Business Council, Onkar Kanwar and pro tempore Chair of the BRICS Women's Business Alliance, Sangita Reddy.
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 MEA said.
Russia had hosted the last BRICS meeting.
