The Big Picture: BRICS Diplomacy

The foreign ministers of BRICS countries emphasised last week that any challenges to international peace and security and violent conflict in various parts of the world should be resolved through political and diplomatic engagement. The meeting of the five emerging powers, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), was held through video conference. With Russia as the BRICS chair, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov led the participants, which included Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar and Chinese state councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi. In this edition of The Big Picture we will analyse BRICS diplomacy.

Guests:
1. Manjeev Singh Puri, Former Ambassador
2. Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Foreign Affairs Editor, Hindustan Times
3. Harsh V. Pant, Head, Strategic Studies, ORF

Anchor: Frank Rausan Pereira

Producer: Sagheer Ahmad