... expanding movement.
The Beijing meeting of Russian, Chinese and Indian foreign ministers once again proved the need for a variety of non-antagonistic approaches to global interaction. Russia and China supported India’s aspirations to join APEC, and BRICS definitely retains its role alongside the Russia-China-India trilateral format. Both Russia and China would also like to see India become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The next ministerial meeting will be held in Russia in the second half of 2015.
... populations of Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Palestine Saudi Arabia and Syria (232 million).
The declared Islamic population of the Russian Federation (16.4 million) is about four times greater than that of Palestine (4.3 million) and that’s not counting ... ... number should be 2 million. That figure is more than the 1.4 million Emirati citizens who occupy the United Arab Emirates.
India, with the largest Islamic population among the BRICS, shares porous borders with Islamic Pakistan (178 million) and Bangladesh (158 million), and beyond the headlines the relations ...
... Brazil supported it, changing its mind only after the events in Libya graphically demonstrated that use of force involved heavy civilian casualties. During the March 17, 2011 vote on Resolution 1973, which opened the way for NATO to bomb Libya, Brazil, India, Russia and China abstained, while South Africa supported it.
The BRICS states also differed in their votes on Syria: Russia and China vetoed the resolution intended to depose President Bashar Assad, while South Africa and India abstained.
With time, the BRICS states’ actions are coming into alignment, as can ...
