1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas. Day one

The flags of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa at the Astoria Hotel in St Petersburg, the venue of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas.

Participants register for the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas at the Astoria Hotel in St Petersburg.

Participants register for the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas at the Astoria Hotel in St Petersburg.

An information sign at the Astoria Hotel in St Petersburg, the venue of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas.

From left: Mahima Sikand, Second Secretary at the Embassy of India in Russia, Harish Parvathaneni, Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Additional Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, Tirumurti Tirunelvelli Srinivasamurti, India's Sherpa for BRICS, Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, and Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, at a meeting of representatives of Russia and India held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Harish Parvathaneni, left, Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Additional Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, and Pavel Knyazev, Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Policy Planning at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a meeting of representatives of Russia and India held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Representatives of Russia and India during a bilateral meeting as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Centre: Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov during a meeting of representatives of Russia and India held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Representatives of Russia and India during a bilateral meeting as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Third right: Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, at a meeting of representatives of Russia and China held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Third right: Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, at a meeting of representatives of Russia and China held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Huang Yiyang, Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director General, Department of International Economic Affairs, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during a bilateral meeting of representatives of Russia and China held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Second right: Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, at a meeting of representatives of Russia and South Africa held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Centre: Anil Sooklal, South Africa's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director-General: Asia and the Middle East, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), during a meeting of representatives of Russia and South Africa held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Representatives of Russia and South Africa during a bilateral meeting held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Sergei Ryabkov, left, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, and Leonardo Gorgulho, Brazil's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Head of the General Coordination of BRICS (CGBRICS), Brazilian Foreign Ministry, at a meeting of representatives of Russia and Brazil held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Sergei Ryabkov, left, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, at a meeting of representatives of Russia and Brazil held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Centre: Leonardo Gorgulho, Brazil's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Head of the General Coordination of BRICS (CGBRICS), Brazilian Foreign Ministry, at a meeting of representatives of Russia and Brazil held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Representatives of Russia and Brazil during a bilateral meeting held as part of the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Tirumurti Tirunelvelli Srinivasamurti, left, India's Sherpa for BRICS, Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, and Harish Parvathaneni, Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Additional Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, before a joint photo session of the participants in the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

From left: Tirumurti Tirunelvelli Srinivasamurti, India's Sherpa for BRICS, Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, Harish Parvathaneni, Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Additional Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, Anil Sooklal, South Africa's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director-General: Asia and the Middle East, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), and David Evan Malcomson, South Africa's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Chief Director: Regional Organisations, DIRCO, before a joint photo session of the participants in the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

From left: Tirumurti Tirunelvelli Srinivasamurti, India's Sherpa for BRICS, Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, Harish Parvathaneni, Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Additional Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, and Anil Sooklal, South Africa's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director-General: Asia and the Middle East, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), before a joint photo session of the participants in the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Participants in the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg during a joint photo session.

Participants in the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg during a joint photo session.

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, answers media questions before the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, answers media questions before the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, answers media questions before the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

The 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

The 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

The 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Pavel Knyazev, Russia's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry Foreign Policy Planning Department, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Anil Sooklal, South Africa's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director-General: Asia and the Middle East, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Tirumurti Tirunelvelli Srinivasamurti, India's Sherpa for BRICS, Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Tirumurti Tirunelvelli Srinivasamurti, India's Sherpa for BRICS, Secretary (Economic Relations) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Huang Yiyang, Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director General, Department of International Economic Affairs, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Foreign Minister, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

The 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Anil Sooklal, South Africa's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director-General: Asia and the Middle East, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Leonardo Gorgulho, Brazil's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Head of the General Coordination of BRICS (CGBRICS), Brazilian Foreign Ministry, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Leonardo Gorgulho, Brazil's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Head of the General Coordination of BRICS (CGBRICS), Brazilian Foreign Ministry, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Harish Parvathaneni, India's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Additional Secretary (Economic Relations) of the<br />Indian Ministry of External Affairs, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Anil Sooklal, South Africa's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director-General: Asia and the Middle East, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

David Evan Malcomson, South Africa's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Chief Director: Regional Organisations, DIRCO, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Anil Sooklal, South Africa's Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director-General: Asia and the Middle East, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

The 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

The 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

The 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Harish Parvathaneni, India's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Additional Secretary (Economic Relations) of the<br />Indian Ministry of External Affairs, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Mikhail Kalugin, Head of the BRICS Office at the Russian Foreign Ministry Department of Foreign Policy Planning, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Leonardo Gorgulho, Brazil's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Head of the General Coordination of BRICS (CGBRICS), Brazilian Foreign Ministry, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.