BRICS NSAs review anti-terrorism draft

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 17

A virtual meeting of National Security Advisers (NSAs) from BRICS countries today reviewed a draft anti-terror strategy, which will be submitted for approval during the upcoming summit. It will be attended by PM Narendra Modi and Presidents Vladimir Putin, Jair Bolsonaro, Xi Jinping and Cyril Ramaphosa.

The draft strategy reflects fundamental aspects for BRICS countries such as respect for sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs, adherence to international law and recognition of the UN’s central and coordinating role in security matters.

The NSAs also discussed the prospects for cooperation between the BRICS states in the field of biological security.

Though Ajit Doval represented the Indian side at the video-conference chaired by his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev and also attended by Yang Jeichi, who was earlier China’s Foreign Minister and Special Representative on Border Affairs. Though Doval and Yang were digitally at the same conference, there was no opportunity for them to speak bilaterally.

The dialogue that took place showed the unity or similarity of the approaches of BRICS members on most issues on the international agenda. The adherence to the universal as well as international law was reaffirmed, said a Russian Foreign Ministry statement.