SUMMITS [1] 6th BRICS summit: It was hosted by Brazil, as the first host country of the current five-year summit cycle.Host city was Fortaleza. Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was a special guest of the summit. Date- 14 July 2014–16 July 2014 Core BRICS members: [1] Brazil ------ Dilma Rousseff (President) [2] Russia ----- Vladimir Putin (President) [3] India ------ Narendra Modi (Prime Minister) [4] China ------ Xi Jinping (President) [5] South Africa ------- Jacob Zuma (President) [2] Business 20 (B20) Australia Summit Held in – Sydney On- 18 July Chaired by- Richard Goyder, Managing Director and CEO of Wesfarmers.The business leaders of G20 met in this summit. [3]SAARC Monsoon Initiative Programme National Working Group Organised in – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh The monsoon initiative is the part of Thimphu Statement on Climate Change adopted at the16th SAARC summit in Thimphu in 2010. Held on – 20 June 2014 [4]Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) – Japan Conference Held in – Tokyo Date- 17 June 2014 The two-day Conference was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. [5]ATOMEXPO-2014 Nuclear Energy Forum: Date- 9 to 11 June 2014 Held in – Moscow The first ATOMEXPO was held in 2009 and is an initiative of Russia’s State Nuclear Energy Corporation Rosatom. [6] 40th G-7 summit 2014: Held in- Brussels Date- 4 June 2014 – 5 June 2014 It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7 summit. Originally, a G8 summit was scheduled to take place in Sochi (Russia) in early June 2014 under a Russian presidency. Due to the Russian Federations violation of Ukraines sovereignty and territorial integrity, the G7 leaders decided to meet in Brussels on 4-5 June 2014 in the G7 format instead. [7] BIMSTEC Summit: 3rd BIMSTEC summit 2014: Nay Pyi Taw (Myanmar) 4th BIMSTEC summit will be held in Nepal. [8] 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting Held In Nay Pyi Taw The 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM) was held on 8 August 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar under the theme “Moving forward in Unity to a Peaceful and Prosperous Community.
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