Putin to reach India on Friday for three-day visit to attend BRICS Summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India to attend the 18th BRICS Summit and hold bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India to attend the 18th BRICS Summit and hold bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders.
The Russian president is on a three-day visit to India and was welcomed by the Minister of State for External Affairs upon arrival.
Chairman of BRICS International Pawan Joshi said BRICS Pay is intended as an interoperable cross-border payment bridge supporting financial sovereignty and trade facilitation, not as a move to replace reserve currencies or pursue de-dollarisation.
BRICS leaders are expected to discuss a digital incubator network, a startup innovation fund and a voluntary logistics supply-chain framework aimed at strengthening innovation, financing and resilient trade logistics.
Bangladesh said the invitation to the BRICS summit outreach session was addressed to the BIMSTEC chair, not the prime minister, and declined to send a government representative.
A Tehran Times editor highlights Iran’s potential contribution to BRICS institutional development and its possible role in expanding access to New Development Bank resources.
Former Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said P Chidambaram’s caution on BRICS summit outcomes should be taken in the right spirit, urging India to lead the upcoming BRICS Summit and deliver tangible results.
The article argues that the upcoming 18th BRICS summit in Delhi should translate counter-terrorism cooperation into practical measures across member states.
Delhi has tightened security and traffic arrangements for the BRICS Summit, while the summit may discuss linking member countries’ central bank digital currencies.