NSAs of BRICS nations to hold virtual meeting today

The National Security Advisors (NSAs) of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, collectively known as BRICS nations, will hold a virtual meeting today. The meeting holds significance for India in the wake of rising tensions and multiple face-offs on the border with China in recent times.

New Delhi: The National Security Advisors (NSAs) of BRICS nations will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday.

The meeting was proposed by Russia, the current presidency of BRICS. The meeting was slated to be in person, however, due to the prevailing situation due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Indian NSA Ajit Doval on Tuesday walked out in protest from a virtual meeting of the national security advisers of member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) after Pakistani representative projected a "fictitious map" that inaccurately depicted the borders of the two countries.

The Ministry of External Affairs said that what Pakistan did was a "blatant disregard to host Russia's advisory".

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had earlier urged full support of BRICS in reforming the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as an exercise in collective faith in meaningful multilateralism.

He made the comments during a virtual meeting of the BRICS Foreign Ministers convened by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier this month.

(ANI Report)