National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is hosting his counterparts from BRICS member states for a meeting this week to review cooperation on security issues within the bloc and discuss ways to address non-traditional security challenges.
India is scheduled to host the BRICS National Security Advisors Meeting from June 22 to 23. During the meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday that national security agencies and heads of delegations will exchange views on the topic of “non-traditional security challenges facing the world today.”
The meeting, which will be chaired by Duvall, will discuss the rapidly evolving nature of national security challenges, and the role of new technologies in emerging security threats.
The NSA and heads of delegations will also review the outcomes of the recently held meeting of the BRICS Joint Working Groups on Counterterrorism and Security in the Use of ICT.
Among the leaders who will attend the meeting is Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who serves as the NSA’s director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission. Wang and several other national security agencies are also expected to hold bilateral meetings with Doval.
The NSA meeting comes within the framework of preparations for the BRICS summit, which India will host in September. President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to be among the BRICS leaders who will attend the summit.
