The 8th BRIGS summit was held at the Taj Exotica hotel
in Benaulim, Goa, India, in October 2016. The two-day summit was
attended by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi
Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Michel Temer
and South African President Jacob Zuma. The theme for the summit
was "Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions".
This was the second time that India hosted the BRICS summit after being host
of the fourth BRICS Summit in New Delhi in 2012.The summit concluded
with adoption of Goa Declaration. The other sideline events that took place are:
· The first BRICS film festival was held at
New Delhi from 2 September to 6 September 2016.
The five-day film festival screened four films
each from the participating states.
· The
environment ministers of BRICS states held a meeting on 16 September in Goa
and they agreed on a memorandum of understanding and announced the
setting up of a joint working group institutionalizing their
cooperation on environment related issues.
· The agriculture ministers of BRICS nations
held a meeting on 23rd September in New Delhi.
· The first trade fair of the BRICS
countries, was held at Pragati Maidan exhibition ground,
New Delhi from 12 to 14 October.
Controversially, China skipped the event over trade
barriers.
· The first BRICS U- 17 Football Cup was held
at Goa from 5th to 15 October.
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