Wednesday, April 29, 2020

BRICS Foreign ministers to attend COVID-19 meeting


The foreign ministers of the BRICS grouping are to discuss on measures to combat COVID-19. External Affairs Minister Shri S Jaishankar is to represent India at the meet.

Highlights

  • The video conference is to be hosted by Russia as it is the current rotating head. 
  • The ministers are to discuss possible joint measures to fight against the highly contagious, fast spreading and dangerous COVID-19.

BRICS

  • BRICS was established in 2009 and is the acronym of the members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. 
  • All the five BRICS members are the members of G20.

BRICS representations

  • The five members of the BRICS grouping contribute to 41% of the world population. 
  • The combined GDP of the five countries as of 2018 was 18.6 trillion USD.

Why is BRICS important for India?

  • There is a huge tug of war between the super powers US and China-Russia. 
  • India is stuck in the middle between the super powers. 
  • The BRICS platform is a good opportunity for India to balance its relations between these super powers
  • BRICS has recently become the voice of developing countries. 
  • This is mainly because the western countries are increasing their challenges on the issues starting from World Trade Organization till Climate change.
  • India is pursuing to get membership at the UNSC (United Nations Security Council). 
  • In order to achieve this, China is the major roadblock to India. 
  • Thus, BRICS acts as an opportunity to engage with China and resolve the disputes.

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