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2019 BRICS summit 11th BRICS summit
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Host country	Brazil
Motto	Economic growth for an innovative future
Venue(s)	Itamaraty Palace
Cities	Brasília
Participants	Brazil  Russia  India  China  South Africa
Chair	Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil

The 2019 BRICS summit was the eleventh annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference to be 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 held at the Itamaraty Palace, where the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is located. The Brazilian capital hosted the BRICS summit for the second time. The Sherpa meeting was held in the Brazilian city of Curitiba between March 14 and 15.

Theme and priorities

The name of the chosen theme was: BRICS: economic growth for an innovative future.

The following topics were discussed: strengthening of the cooperation in science, technology and innovation, enhancement of the cooperation on digital economy, invigoration of the cooperation on the fight against transnational crime, especially against organized crime, money laundering, and drug trafficking, and encouragement to the rapprochement between the New Development Bank (NDB) and the BRICS Business Council.

An official joint declaration of the participating countries stated that "we reaffirm our fundamental commitment to the principle of sovereignty, mutual respect and equality and to the shared goal of building a peaceful, stable and prosperous world."

Participating leaders

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

References

1. ^ "BRICS BRASIL 2019 - Theme and priorities". brics2019.itamaraty.gov.br. Archived from the original on 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
2. "Next BRICS summit to be held in Brasilia on November 13-14". TASS. Russian News Agency.
3. "Brazil outlines slew of sectors for 2019 BRICS Summit under its presidency". The Economic Times. 20 April 2019.
4. "XI BRICS Summit Brasilia Declaration". BRICS 20222 China. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
5. Spring, Jake; Boadle, Anthony (14 November 2019). "BRICS leaders avoid discussion of Venezuela divisions". Reuters. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

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