12th BRICS summit: Difference between revisions

| date        = 17 November, 2020 (video conference)<ref name="date">{{cite news |title=BRICS Summit to be held virtually on Nov 17; strengthening cooperation, global stability on agenda |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/brics-summit-to-be-held-virtually-on-nov-17-cooperation-strengthening-global-stability-on-agenda/story-Io02j2Xpb81KAx03C13O1M.html |accessdate=5 October 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=5 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref><br><S>21–23 July 2020</S> (postponed due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]])

The '''2020 BRICS summit''' was the twelfth annual [[BRICS#Summits|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,<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia takes over the reins to chair BRICS in 2020 |url=https://tass.com/politics/1105265 |accessdate=8 May 2020 |work=TASS}}</ref> but was changed to a video conference held on November 17 due to the outbreak of the global [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=BRICS and the SCO summits postponed|url=https://eng.brics-russia2020.ru/news/20200527/395729/BRICS-and-the-SCO-summits-postponed.html|accessdate=21 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="date"/>

Russia last chaired [[7th BRICS summit]], Ufa. The 1st Sherpa meeting was held in [[Saint Petersburg]] between 11-13 February 2020,<ref>{{cite news |title=St Petersburg hosts the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas |url=https://roscongress.org/en/news/pervoe-zasedanie-sherpsu-sherp-stran-briks-prohodit-v-sankt-peterburge/ |accessdate=8 May 2020 |work=Roscongress Building Trust}}</ref> under chairmanship of [[Sergei Ryabkov]], Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Russian Sherpa for BRICS.