Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged closer coordination with India to strengthen BRICS, promote multipolarity, and protect developing-country interests during a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Manila.
A special international affairs advisor will accompany the tourism minister to the BRICS Tourism Ministerial Meeting in Jaipur in August 2026.
India hosted the BRICS Network University International Governing Board meeting, where members advanced academic cooperation, traditional knowledge initiatives, and institutional planning.
India said it has added two new agenda items to the 16th BRICS Health Ministerial Meeting: promotion of mental wellness and a BRICS Mission on Healthy Lifestyles.
The Women Empowerment Vertical of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce & Industry unveiled a whitepaper presenting a strategic roadmap to expand women’s participation in science, technology, innovation, and business across BRICS member economies.
Dilma Rousseff, president of the BRICS New Development Bank, said in Shanghai that she would like Argentina to seek re-entry into the bloc and outlined AI’s role in development.
As BRICS 2026 chair, India will host the Sixteenth BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting in Chandigarh to advance cooperation on health security, digital health, and equitable healthcare access.
The meetings will bring together health ministers, senior officials and experts from BRICS member countries to strengthen cooperation in key public-health areas.
A geopolitical analyst says Russian initiatives inside BRICS, including a grain exchange, alternative payments and an investment platform, could deepen cooperation and reduce dependence on Western financial centers.
