“At the invitation of President Putin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 12th BRICS Summit hosted by Russia, under the theme ‘Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth’ on November 17,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) . in a sentence. The BRICS are known as an influential bloc representing more than 3.6 billion people, or half of the world’s population. The BRICS countries have a combined GDP of $ 16.6 trillion.
The MEA said the 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 the fight against terrorism. , commerce, health. , energy and exchanges between peoples. “India will take over the BRICS presidency, which would be the third BRICS presidency for India since its inception (after 2012 and 2016) and will host the 13th BRICS summit in 2021,” the MEA said.
Moscow seems to be continuously playing the role of silent mediator between India and China during the current crisis. It is important to note that Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, also met in person during the pandemic in Moscow on the sidelines of the SCO ministerial meeting in September, where they came out with a proposal of 5 points to dissipate tension. She c.
The joint press release said that the current situation is not in the interest of either side, and the border troops must continue the dialogue, disconnect quickly, maintain the appropriate distance and ease tensions. He also spoke about more confidence-building measures that will be taken once the current tension eases.
Jaishankar had also gotten engaged to Wang at the Russia-India-China (RIC) meeting just a week after the clashes in the Galwan Valley. There was much speculation that after the loss of 20 soldiers, India might not attend the meeting. However, with Moscow at the head of the trilateral, India did not back down also due to a bilateral problem with China.
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