2016 BRICS summit, Goa, India


2016 BRICS summit, Goa, India






1.    The 2016 BRICS summit held from 15 to 16 October 2016 at Goa was the eighth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of country or heads of government of the five member  countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

2.    India holds the chair of the BRICS from February 2016 to December 2016.

3.    In July 2015, during the 7th BRICS summit, it was announced that India will host the 8th BRICS summit in 2016. In March 2016, Goa was announced as the venue of the summit.

4.    The first BRICS film festival was held at New Delhi from 2 September to 6 September 2016.

5.    The environment ministers of BRICS nations held a meeting on 16th September 2016 in Goa, they agreed on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and announced the setting up of a joint working group institutionalizing their mutual cooperation on environment related issues.

6.    The agriculture ministers of BRICS nations held a meeting on 23rd September 2016 in New Delhi.

7.    The first trade fair of the BRICS countries, was held at Pragati Maidan exhibition ground, New Delhi from 12 to 14 October.

8.    The first BRICS U-17 Football Cup was held at Goa from 5th to 15th October, 2016.

9.    Leaders of BIMSTEC member countries were invited by India, who is a member of both BRICS and BIMSTEC, to hold a joint summit with the BRICS, for latter's regional outreach.

10.  The BIMSTEC countries represented in the Summit were Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.


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