Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a gathering together with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit on Sunday, discussing bilateral cooperation, West Asia, the BRICS, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
In a submit on X, Jaishankar said, “Good to satisfy with FM Sergey Lavrov of Russia on the sidelines of #BRICS2025. Mentioned bilateral cooperation, West Asia, BRICS and SCO.”
Earlier, Russia’s Ministry of International Affairs shared an image of Jaishankar and Lavrov, stating that the 2 leaders held talks on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit.
“Russia’s International Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Exterior Affairs of India @DrSJaishankar maintain a gathering on the sidelines of the XVII #BRICS Summit. Rio de Janeiro, July 6,” Russia’s Ministry of International Affairs posted on X.
The 2 leaders had earlier met in Johannesburg in February this yr, the place they’d mentioned the continuing progress of bilateral cooperation between India and Russia.
Leaders of the BRICS group gathered in Rio de Janeiro to attend the seventeenth BRICS Summit hosted by Brazil. The BRICS summit held beneath Brazil’s Chairmanship introduced collectively leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, in addition to new members Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE, and Indonesia.
Through the BRICS Summit on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that condemning terrorism have to be a “precept” quite than a matter of “comfort”, describing it because the “most severe problem” for humanity within the present world state of affairs.
Addressing the BRICS Session on Peace and Safety, PM Modi highlighted the current terror assault in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22 as a stark reminder of terrorism’s risk to world peace and known as for unwavering worldwide solidarity. He said that the assault was a blow to the “soul, id, and dignity” of India, acknowledging the worldwide help that the nation acquired in solidarity.”Terrorism has develop into probably the most severe problem for humanity immediately.
“Just lately India confronted an inhuman and cowardly terrorist assault. On 22 April, the terrorist assault in Pahalgam was a direct assault on the soul, id, and dignity of India. This assault was a blow not solely to India however to the whole humanity. On this hour of grief, I categorical my heartfelt gratitude to the pleasant international locations who stood with us, who expressed help and condolences,” the PM said.
“Condemning terrorism must be our ‘precept’, not only a ‘comfort’. If we first see during which nation the assault happened and towards whom, then it could be a betrayal towards humanity,” he added.
The primary BRIC Summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2009. 4. It was agreed to develop BRIC into BRICS with the inclusion of South Africa on the BRIC International Ministers’ assembly in New York in 2010, in keeping with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) assertion. South Africa attended the third BRICS Summit in Sanya in 2011.
An additional enlargement of BRICS happened in 2024 with Egypt; Ethiopia; Iran;and UAE turning into full members of BRICS from January 1, 2024. In January 2025, Indonesia joined the BRICS as a full member, whereas Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan have been inducted as accomplice international locations of the BRICS.