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

From left: Huang Yiyang, China's Sous-Sherpa for BRICS; Deputy Director General of the Department of International Economic Affairs, at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, and Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS; Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St. Petersburg.

Leonardo Gorgulho, Brazil’s Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Director, Department of Inter-Regional Mechanisms, Foreign Ministry of Brazil, attends the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St. Petersburg.

From left: Pavel Knyazev, Russia’s Sous-Sherpa for BRICS; Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Policy Planning, Russian Foreign Ministry, and Harish Parvathaneni, India’s Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Additional Secretary (Economic Relations), Indian Ministry of External 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.

Dr 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), attends the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

From left: Pavel Knyazev, Russia’s Sous-Sherpa for BRICS; Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Policy Planning, Russian Foreign Ministry, and Harish Parvathaneni, India’s Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Additional Secretary (Economic Relations), Indian Ministry of External Affairs, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

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

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

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

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

Centre: Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS; Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, attends the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St. Petersburg.

The Brazilian flag at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

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

The Chinese flag at the the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

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.

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

Russian and BRICS flags at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

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

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

Dr 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), attends the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Oleg Stepanov, Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department, Russian Foreign Ministry, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Oleg Stepanov, Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department, Russian Foreign Ministry, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

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

Oleg Stepanov, Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department, Russian Foreign Ministry, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

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

Ernest Chernukhin, Russian Foreign Ministry's Special Coordinator on the issues of the political use of the ICTs; Head of Section, Department for New Challenges and Threats, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Ernest Chernukhin, Russian Foreign Ministry's Special Coordinator on the issues of the political use of the ICTs; Head of Section, Department for New Challenges and Threats, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Ernest Chernukhin, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Special Coordinator on the Issues of the Political Use of the Information and Communications Technologies, 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.

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

A break at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Viktoria Panova, Managing Director, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research; Scientific Supervisor, BRICS Russian Expert Council, centre, and Councillor Mikhail Malkov, Department of Foreign Policy Planning, Russian Foreign Ministry, at a coffee break during free time at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

A coffee break during free time at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

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

Pavel Chernyshev, Head of the Division, Department for International Financial Relations, Russian Ministry of Finance, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Pavel Chernyshev, Head of the Division, Department for International Financial Relations, Russian Ministry of Finance, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Dr 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.

Natalia Stapran, Director, Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Russian Ministry of Economic Development, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Natalia Stapran, Director, Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Russian Ministry of Economic Development, 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, 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, Director, Department of Inter-Regional Mechanisms, Foreign Ministry of Brazil, attends the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Natalia Stapran, Director, Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Russian Ministry of Economic Development, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Olga Yudina, Deputy Director, Project Management and support Department of the Russian Ministry of Energy, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Olga Yudina, Deputy Director, Project Management and support Department of the Russian Ministry of Energy, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Olga Yudina, Deputy Director, Project Management and support Department of the Russian Ministry of Energy, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.