On 2 July, Mr Sergey Ryabkov, Russian Sherpa in BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation chaired the Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas via videoconference.
The participants discussed topical issues of pentalateral cooperation during the global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic as well as BRICS priorities for this year in all three areas of BRICS Strategic Partnership: policy and security, economy and finance, and cultural and humanitarian contacts.