India to chair 13th BRICS summit on 9 September, focus extensively on the Afghan situation
The summit is expected to focus extensively on the situation in Afghanistan.
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New Delhi, September 07: As part of India's ongoing chairship of BRICS in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 13th BRICS Summit on September 9 in virtual format. The summit is expected to focus extensively on the situation in Afghanistan.
Ministry of external ministry gave the information and said, "As part of India's ongoing chairship of BRICS in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 13th BRICS Summit on September 9 in virtual format." The theme for the summit is: 'BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS cooperation for continuity, consolidation, and consensus'.
According to the MEA's statement, 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.
Apart from these areas, the leaders are also going to exchange views on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic and other current global and regional issues.\
According to the MEA, the meeting will be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro. Besides them, India’s National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval; president of the New Development Bank, Marcos Troyjo; the pro tempore chair of the Brics Business Council, Shri Onkar Kanwar; and pro tempore Chair of the BRICS Women’s Business Alliance, Dr. Sangita Reddy, will present reports on the outcome pursued this year under their respective tracks to the leaders, during the summit.
This is the second time Prime Minister Modi will be chairing the BRICS summit. Earlier he had chaired the Goa summit in 2016. The Indian Chairship of BRICS this year coincides with the 15th anniversary of BRICS.
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