June 1, 2021

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.

At the invitation of Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the meeting via video link. During the meeting, Wang stressed that Beijing stands with New Delhi amid the COVID-19 crisis, and that all BRICS member countries including China will provide support and assistance to India as it fights against the second wave of the pandemic.

The meeting was also attended by Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Alberto Franco Franca, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and South African Foreign Minister Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor.

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