6th BRICS Summit to be held in Fortaleza, Brazil from 15-17 July 2014 i. The 6th BRICS summit will be the sixth annual diplomatic meeting of the BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. ii. It will be hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle, the host city will be Fortaleza. iii. PM Narendra Modi will be attending the two-day summit of five-nation BRICS forum in Brazil next week when it is likely to give a concrete shape to establishment of a Development Bank and pitch for reforms of the UN Security Council. iv. Modi’s first participation in a multilateral meeting after taking over as Prime Minister will also give him an opportunity to meet with world leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin apart from leaders of South America. v. Summit host and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has invited leaders of South American nations including those from Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuala and Surinam for the summit following on the footsteps of South Africa which invited African nations to the last years Summit in Durban. Note: 5th BRICS Summit 2013 was held in Durban, South Africa.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 21:01:42 +0000
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