BRICS leaders may discuss terrorism after Modi calls for global conference
India TV NewsAs per an official, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for holding a global conference on terrorism at the informal BRICS leaders' meeting in Osaka last month, the five-nation grouping is seriously considering the issue and working towards it. Breno Hermann, the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Brazilian embassy said,"Though the November 13-14 BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil, will focus on the issues of science and technology, innovation, incentives for digital economy and the fight against trans-national crimes, the issue of terrorism will also be the prime focus." To a question on Prime Minister Modi's call for a global conference on terrorism at Osaka, the Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin said, "anything by Mr Modi must be taken very seriously, and we support that it be taken up. To a question if the issue of 5G, in the backdrop of US ban on Chinese telecom giant Huawei's 5G services, would feature in the summit agenda, the Brazil DCM said that "BRICS is not a mechanism against anyone or any grouping", and added that it has a dedicated mechanism to look into issues.