13th BRICS Summit

Subject – IR

Context – 13th BRICS Summit was recently held virtually, chaired by India.

Concept –

The theme of the 13th BRICS Summit is, ‘BRICS @ 15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus.’
The 13th BRICS summit held virtually called for an “inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue” for stability in Afghanistan.
The virtual summit, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was dominated by the developments in Afghanistan, and adopted the BRICS Counter Terrorism Action Plan.
With the agreement on Remote Sensing Satellite Constellation between our space agencies, a new chapter of cooperation has begun.
They stress the need to contribute to fostering an inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue so as to ensure stability, civil peace, law and order in the country.
They underscore the priority of fighting terrorism, including preventing attempts by terrorist organisations to use Afghan territory as terrorist sanctuary and to carry out attacks against other countries.
The document, titled the New Delhi Declaration, also called for addressing the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, and urged the need to uphold rights of women, children and minorities.
It will be the third time that India will be hosting the BRICS Summit after 2012 and 2016.
The Indian Chairship of BRICS this year coincides with the fifteenth anniversary of BRICS.

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