BRICS ministers of Foreign Affairs

April 15, 2025 3:05 PM

Shivraj Singh Chouhan to lead Indian delegation at 15th BRICS agriculture ministers’ meeting in Brazil

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will lead the Indian delegation to the 15th BRICS Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), scheduled to be held on Thursday in Brasilia, Brazil, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare said in a statement. Themed “Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture through Cooperation, Innovation, and Equitable Trade among BRICS Countries,” the meeting will bring together agricultur...

BRICS calls for enhanced use of local currencies in trade between member countries

The BRICS ministers of Foreign Affairs met in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod on Monday and held a plethora of discussions, including an important one on the enhanced use of local currencies in trade and financial transactions between the BRICS countries. At the meeting, the ministers recognized the need for a comprehensive reform of the global financial architecture. "They recalled the paragraph 45 of the Johannesburg II Declaration tasking the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the BRIC...