The 8th annual Summit of BRICS will be held in Goa on October 15-16. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj while announcing the dates said India’s core-theme during BRICS chairmanship will be building responsive, inclusive and collective solutions for the grouping.
India assumed chairmanship of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) from Russia on February 15 which will last till December 31.
“We will adopt a five-pronged approach during our Chairmanship. It will comprise Institution Building, Implementation, Integration, Innovation, and Continuity with Consolidation (IIIIC or I4C),” Swaraj said unveiling a logo and website of the Summit. She added enhancing “greater people-to-people participation” will be among the top priorities and BRICS events which would be held throughout the year across the country.
“We have planned a series of events including — the BRICS Under-17 Football Tournament, BRICS Film Festival, BRICS Wellness Forum, BRICS Youth Forum, Young Diplomat’s Forum, BRICS Trade Fair, BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave besides the think-tank and academic forums. This will give people a greater opportunity to enrich the BRICS process. It would also be an occasion for our BRICS partners to visit different cities and states of India,” she added.