The assembly was additionally attended by overseas ministers of Brazil, Russia and South Africa
New Delhi:
Asserting that Beijing stands with New Delhi amid the COVID-19 disaster, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as we speak mentioned all BRICS member nations, together with China, will provide help and help to India because it fights the second wave of the pandemic.
“I once again expressed my sympathy to India amid a new wave of the pandemic. In this trying time, China stands with India and all BRICS countries. As long as it is needed by India, all BRICS partners, including China, will provide further support and assistance at any time. And we are confident that India will certainly overcome the pandemic,” mentioned Wang Yi on the BRICS overseas ministers’ assembly.
BRICS is the grouping of the world’s rising market economies, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The BRICS mechanism goals to advertise peace, safety, growth and cooperation.
The assembly was chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar by way of video conferencing.
Namaste – from the BRICS. Concluded a productive Foreign Ministers Meeting. pic.twitter.com/f2Z7PgvNv6
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) June 1, 2021
Besides Wang Yi, the assembly was attended by Brazil Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Alberto Franco Franca, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and South African Foreign Minister Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor.
In his opening remarks, Mr Jaishankar mentioned, “India has assumed the chairship of BRICS on its 15th anniversary. We have come a long way from the first time our foreign ministers met in New York in 2006. The principles that guide our grouping remain consistent over the years.”
India recorded a single-day rise of 1,27,510 new COVID-19 circumstances as we speak, the bottom in 51 days, taking the nation’s an infection tally to 2,81,75,044, in accordance with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The nation’s energetic caseload is under 20 lakhs after 43 days. The energetic caseload additional declined to 18,95,520 as energetic circumstances decreased by 1,30,572 within the final 24 hours.
