EAM Dr S Jaishankar to chair BRICS foreign ministers meeting on Tuesday

Jaishankar to chair BRICS foreign ministers meeting on Tuesday, leaders to discuss COVID-19 situation, regional, global issues

India as the current BRICS Chair will convene the standalone meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/ International Relations on 01 June, 2021, Ministry of External Affairs said in a release. External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar, will Chair the meeting via video conferencing. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Ambassador Carlos Alberto Franco França, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Amb. Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Wang Yi, and the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Ms. Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, are expected to participate.

The Ministers are expected to exchange views on the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the need for strengthening and reforming the Multilateral System with a view to enhancing its capacity to effectively address the diverse challenges of our time and to adapt them to contemporary realities, on global and regional issues of concern, sustainable development, Countering Terrorism besides discussing ways to enhance intra-BRICS cooperation, especially people-to-people cooperation.