National security adviser Ajit Doval will host his counterparts from BRICS member states for a meeting next week to review cooperation on security issues within the bloc and discuss ways to counter non-traditional security challenges.
The BRICS National Security Advisers’ (NSA) meeting will be hosted by India during June 22-23. (ANI)
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The BRICS National Security Advisers’ (NSA) meeting will be hosted by India during June 22-23. During the meeting, the NSAs and heads of delegation will exchange views on the theme of “Non-traditional security challenges confronting the world today”, the external affairs ministry said on Saturday.
The meeting, to be chaired by Doval, will discuss the rapidly evolving nature of national security challenges, and the role of new technologies in emerging security threats.
The NSA’s and heads of delegation will also review the outcomes of the recently held meeting of the BRICS joint working groups on counter-terrorism and on security in the use of information and communication technologies.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, who functions as the NSA in his role as Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, is among the leaders who will attend the meeting. Wang and several other NSAs are also expected to hold bilateral meetings with Doval.
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The NSAs’ meeting is part of preparations for the BRICS Summit to be hosted by India in September. President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to be among the BRICS leaders who will attend the summit.
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The NSAs’ meeting is part of preparations for the BRICS Summit to be hosted by India in September. President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to be among the BRICS leaders who will attend the summit.
Rezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer.
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