According to sources, the theme reflects India’s approach to strengthen the founding principles of BRICS cooperation which are based on continuity, consolidation and consensus.
As the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic, the BRICS member countries have the worst hit. Next week BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting is going to take place. The countries have yet to work as a multilateral body to deal with pandemic, opines an expert.
“The BRICS could have emerged as the leading institution in fighting the pandemic given the resources, demography and their capabilities to develop vaccines. Three of its members successfully developed their own vaccines, yet the countries of the BRICS are hunting for vaccines from the Western sources,” Prof Rajan Kumar, School of international Studies, JNU, opines. Read More…
