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

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. Second right: David Evan Malcomson, South Africa’s Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Chief Director, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). Third right: Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director-General: Asia and the Middle East, DIRCO.

Participants in the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg. Кight: David Evan Malcomson, South Africa’s Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Chief Director, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). Centre: Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director-General: Asia and the Middle East, DIRCO.

Anna Nesterova, Head of Russian Chapter of the BRICS Business Council’s Digital Economy WG, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Anna Nesterova, Head of Russian Chapter of the BRICS Business Council’s Digital Economy WG, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

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

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

From left: Deputy Foreign Minister, Russia's Sherpa for BRICS Sergei Ryabkov, Councillor Mikhail Malkov, Department of Foreign Policy Planning of the Russian Foreign Ministry and Lilia Rizvanova, First Secretary at the BRICS Office, Foreign Policy Planning Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Participants in the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg. Centre: Viktoria Panova, Managing Director, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research.

Viktoria Panova, Managing Director, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research, at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Representatives of Brazil at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Huang Yiyang, China's 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.

Rector of the St Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Representatives of the Republic of South Africa at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

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

Rector of the St Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Anna Nesterova, Head of Russian Chapter of the BRICS Business Council’s Digital Economy WG, 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), during a break at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

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

David Evan Malcomson, right, South Africa’s Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Chief Director, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), and Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s Sherpa for BRICS, Deputy Director-General: Asia and the Middle East, DIRCO, during a break at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Rector of the St Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

A table name card for BRICS speakers. The 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas is taking place in St Petersburg.

Representatives of Russia at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg. Centre: Boris Grishin, Director, Department of Government Policy in Sport and International Cooperation, Russian Ministry of Sport.

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

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

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.

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

A stand with the BRICS logo. The 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas is taking place in St Petersburg.

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

Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, centre, and Tirunelvelli Srinivasamurti Tirumurti, India’s Sherpa for BRICS, Secretary (Economic Relations), Indian Ministry of External Affairs, after the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, left, and Leonardo Gorgulho, Brazil’s Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Head of the General Coordination of BRICS (CGBRICS), Brazilian Foreign Ministry, after the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, right, 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), after the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

From left: Rector of the St Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko, Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, and David Evan Malcomson, South Africa’s Sous-Sherpa for BRICS, Chief Director, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), after the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, right, and Rector of the St Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko meet during a break at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.

Russia’s Sherpa for BRICS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, right, and Rector of the St Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko meet during a break at the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in St Petersburg.