Fight against terror, BRICS told: & Doval wants BRICS to fight terrorism:

Fight against terror, BRICS told: & Doval wants BRICS to fight terrorism: Context

• National Security Adviser Ajit Doval called upon the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping to exercise international leadership in countering terrorism, in tune with the growing role of the emerging economies in setting the global agenda.

The BRICS meeting

• Doval advocated that the five emerging economies should work towards setting the agenda “on strategic issues of regional and global importance.”

Meeting with Chinese counterpart

• Mr. Xi, in his address to the BRICS NSAs, praised them for building a mutual trust and cooperation among the member nations.
• Mr. Doval’s called on Mr. Xi to develop a bilateral context in view of the Doklam face-off.
• The contradictory relationship, where collaboration co-exists with serious differences, was evident when Mr. Doval met with China’s State Councillor Yang Jichei on Thursday evening.