12th BRICS summit

The 2020 BRICS summit was the twelfth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place in Saint Petersburg from July 21 to 23, 2020,[3] but was changed to a video conference held on November 17 due to the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic.[4][1]

2020 BRICS summit 12th BRICS summit
Host country	Russia
Date	17 November, 2020 (video conference)[1] 21–23 July 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Motto	BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth[2]
Cities	Saint Petersburg
Participants	BRICS
Follows	11th BRICS summit
Precedes	13th BRICS summit
Website	https://eng.brics-russia2020.ru/

Russia last chaired 7th BRICS summit, Ufa. The 1st Sherpa meeting was held in Saint Petersburg between 11-13 February 2020,[5] under chairmanship of Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Russian Sherpa for BRICS.

Participating leaders

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   Brazil
  Jair Bolsonaro, President
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   Russia
  Vladimir Putin, President (Host)
• 
   India
  Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
• 
   China
  Xi Jinping, President
• 
   South Africa
  Cyril Ramaphosa, President

References

1. "BRICS Summit to be held virtually on Nov 17; strengthening cooperation, global stability on agenda". Hindustan Times. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
2. "St Petersburg hosts the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas | Official website of the Russian BRICS Chairmanship in 2020". eng.brics-russia2020.ru. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
3. "Russia takes over the reins to chair BRICS in 2020". TASS. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
4. "BRICS and the SCO summits postponed". Retrieved 21 July 2020.
5. "St Petersburg hosts the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas". Roscongress Building Trust. Retrieved 8 May 2020.