Press release on BRICS consultative meeting on the Middle East

April 13, 2017 On April 11−12, the third consultative meeting of BRICS special representatives took place in Visakhapatnam, India. The conference was attended by Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov, India’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sanjay Singh, South Africa’s Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation