The BRICS Summit is going to be held in Vizag from September 14 to 16. Around 100 foreign delegates will be taking part in the three-day summit. Apart from the foreign delegates around 400 Indians will also participate in the meeting.
Delegates of German government development bank KFW, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and other international development banks will also be taking part in the meet. The theme of the BRICS meeting is ‘Building responsive, inclusive and collective solutions for urbanisation”.
Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) of government of India, joint secretary, B Anand, said that “BRICS nations contribute around 20 per cent of the world GDP and are fast growing economies in the world. The meeting is an opportunity for Vizag to showcase state’s cultural and investment potential to the global participants of the international event.”
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), joint secretary, Alok A. Dimri (Multilateral Economic Relations Division) said that “ the global meeting is also an opportunity for Andhra Pradesh to attract partners to take part in the construction of new capital city Amaravati.”
Aroung 95 BRICS Meetings are planned acros the country which includ the meeting in Goa from October 15-16. Before the Goa meeting the Vizag’s meeting will be held. India accepted the chairmanship of BRICS on February 15 this year from Russia. India's chairmanship will last till December 31, 2016.
A preliminary meeting was held on Wednesday in which state chief secretary S.P. Tucker has took part. While a directing advisory group has been delegated for leading the meeting a working board of trustees with different heads of offices and senior authorities will be shaped for which a G.O. is relied upon to be issued in a matter of seconds. The working gathering had chosen to meet at any rate once in 10 days until the occasion.
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