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BrIcS SummIt

under india’s leadership,

emerging nations agree on terror,

climate and vaccines

New Delhi Declaration accepted at the meeting attended by Narendra Modi,

Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Jair Bolsonaro and Cyril Ramaphosa

Our Bureau

New Delhi

eaders of BRICS nations
on Thursday adopted a
Ldeclaration in which they
committed to combating ter-
rorism including cross-border
movement of terrorists, and ter-
rorism financing networks and
safe-havens.
The 16-point declara-
tion--New Delhi Declara-
tion--was adopted at the con-
clusion of the virtual BRICS
leaders summit. The meeting
was chaired by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. All the leaders
of BRICS nations --Brazil Presi-
dent Jair Bolsonaro, South Afri-
can President Cyril Ramaphosa,
Russian President Vladimir Pu- Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing the 13th BRICS Summit, through video conferencing,
tin and Chinese President Xi Jin- in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo)
ping--- were present during the
meeting. They held discussions tion on the priories of the devel- On Afghanistan, BRICS human rights, including those of
on important regional and glob- oping nations as well,” he added. leaders called refraining from women, children and minorities.
al issues including Afghanistan, At the conclusion of the sum- violence and settling the situa- The leaders pledged resolve
terrorism and COVID-19. mit, the New Delhi Declaration tion by peaceful means in Af- towards strengthening and re-
“We discussed important re- was adopted. ghanistan, through an inclusive forming the multilateral system
gional and global issues. Thanked In the document, the BRICS intra-Afghan dialogue so as to to make global governance more
BRICS partners whose support leaders highlighted the need for ensure stability, civil peace, law responsive and agile, effective,
helped India’s chair achieve cooperation on the study of ori- and order in the country. They transparent, democratic, rep-
many firsts. BRICS agenda now gins of the SARS-COV-2 - an im- underscored the priority of fight- resentative and accountable to
spans culture and communica- portant aspect of the fight against ing terrorism, including prevent- Member States.
tions; sports and space; disaster the COVID-19 pandemic. ing attempts by terrorist organi- The BRICS leaders acknowl-
resilience and digital health; em- “They committed to combat- zations to use Afghan territory as edged that the continued rele-
ployment and environment, and ing terrorism in all its forms and a terrorist sanctuary and to carry vance of the UN system would be
more,” PM Modi tweeted. manifestations, including the out attacks against other coun- determined by its ability to adapt
“Today we are an influential cross-border movement of ter- tries,” it said. to contemporary realities. They
voice for emerging economies of rorists, and terrorism financing The leaders emphasized the pledged resolve to strengthen
the world. This platform has also networks and safe-havens,” the need of addressing the human- and reform the multilateral sys-
been useful for focusing atten- declaration said.” itarian situation and upholding Continued on next page... >>

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