The 2019 BRICS summit was the eleventh annual

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summit, an international relations conference to be attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states

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and

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. 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

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, especially against organized crime, money laundering, and drug trafficking, and encouragement to the rapprochement between the

New Development Bank The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is a multilateral development bank established by the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). According to the agreement, "the bank shal ...

(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

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References

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