China releases theme, priorities of this year's BRICS Summit

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Press Trust of India Beijing
Last Updated : Feb 10 2017 | 7:42 AM IST
China has released the theme and the
Cooperation priorities of the 2017 BRICS Summit which is scheduled to begin in September, the official media reported today.
The summit will be held under the theme "BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future," state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
It will also feature five key priorities such as deepening cooperation, strengthening global governance, carrying out people-to-people exchanges, making institutional improvements and building broader partnerships.
The BRICS comprises of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The inaugural summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2009. South Africa did not take part in it as the nation was admitted to the group in 2010. So far a total of eight summits have taken place.
The last year's summit was hosted by India at Goa.
The summit will take place in Xiamen which is located in east China's Fujian Province.

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First Published: Feb 10 2017 | 7:42 AM IST

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