China, Russia, Iran in Delhi next week for huddle of BRICS NSAs
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📌 Summary:
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian NSA Sergei Shoigu and Iran's Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Nezamipour will be in New Delhi for the BRICS National Security Advisers (NSAs) meeting on June 22-23.
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The meeting will set the stage for the summit of BRICS leaders to be held in India in September; India holds the rotating BRICS presidency this year.
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BRICS members: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the UAE.
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Wang Yi, also Beijing's Special Representative on the India-China boundary issue, is expected to hold bilateral talks with NSA Ajit Doval, who will host the NSAs' meeting.
🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS2 — bilateral, regional and global groupings; India's multilateral diplomacy, India-China boundary mechanism and BRICS as a non-Western grouping.
📝 Prelims Facts:
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BRICS expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE (alongside the original Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa); Indonesia is also listed as a member.
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India holds the BRICS rotating presidency in 2026; leaders' summit due in September.
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Wang Yi is China's Special Representative for the India-China boundary talks.
🔑 Key Term: Special Representatives (SR) mechanism — the high-level dialogue framework set up in 2003 to address the India-China boundary question.
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