PM Modi to attend 12th BRICS summit with Putin, Xi Jinping; terrorism, trade in focus

Source: Hindustan Times | Original Published At: 2020-11-16 12:55:42 UTC

Key Points

• Summit theme: 'Global stability, shared security and innovative growth'
• Discussions to include multilateral system reform, pandemic mitigation, counter-terrorism, trade, health, energy, and people-to-people exchanges
• India to host 2021 BRICS summit

Prime minister Narendra Modi will be attending the 12th BRICS Summit hosted by Russia on November 17, the ministry of external affairs said. The theme for this year’s summit has been decided as ‘Global stability, shared security and innovative growth’ and the meet will be conducted in a virtual format, the ministry said. The ministry also confirmed that India will host the next session of the BRICS summit in 2021.

In addition to PM Modi, BRICS leaders Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Russian President Vladimir Putin are also scheduled to attend the summit.

“During the 12th Summit, held in the backdrop of the 75th Anniversary of UN and in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, leaders would be discussing intra-BRICS cooperation and key issues in the global context, including the reform of the multilateral system, measures to mitigate the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, cooperation in Counter Terrorism, trade, health, energy and people to people exchanges,” MEA said in a statement.