China looks forward to exchanging views at the meet, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said
Beijing:
Ahead of the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting, China said on Tuesday that it looks forward to exchanging views, coordinating positions and building up consensus with other members of the five-member bloc on the most urgent issues of common concern.
Announcing the participation of China s Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Foreign Minister meeting via video link convened by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here that the conference is of special significance to promote the post COVID-19 pandemic world economic recovery.
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday told BRICS leaders that the grouping has come a long way as it is based on the United Nations' charter that recognizes sovereign equality of all states and respect for their territorial integrity.
By emphasizing unity of jointly weathering COVID-19 pandemic, and boosting economic recovery and cooperation on international and regional issues, the BRICS Foreign Ministers virtual meeting on Tuesday was seen by observers as sending a strong signal of bloc members desire to uphold multilateralism, and deterrence to countries like the US that tried to fragment the organization and sow discord among the BRICS members.
BRICS FMs back India-South Africa COVID-19 vaccine patent wavier, call for reforms at multilateral groups - BRICS is one of the first global multilateral groupings to come in the support of the proposal.
Highlights
The virtual meeting was held under the chairmanship of India
BRICS is one of the first global multilateral groupings to come in the support of the proposal
New Delhi: In a significant step forward, the BRICS grouping comprising of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa have backed the India-South Africa joint proposal for COVID vaccine wavier at the World Trade Organisation or WTO. The grouping decided to back the proposal at the BRICS Foreign ministers virtual meet that was held under the chairmanship of India.
The joint statement after the meet said that the ministers reaffirmed the need to use all relevant measures during the pandemic which included supporting ongoing consideration in WTO on a Covid-19 vaccine Intellectual Property Rights waiver and use of flexibilities of the TRIPS agreement and the Doha Declaration on TRIPS Agreement and Public Health