The 15th BRICS summit, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, kicked off today in Johannesburg, South Africa. The summit spans three days, culminating on August 24. Reverberating with significance, this summit emerges as a beacon of optimism, particularly in the aftermath of the Ukrainian conflict.

In this episode, our host Anna Priyadarshini and foreign affairs editor at India Today, TV Today Network Geeta Mohan discuss the summit's importance, its implications for India, and other crucial facets that define BRICS' role in India's contemporary geo-economic and geopolitical strategy. What does BRICS bring to the table? This summit is of many firsts. This is the first in-person summit since the COVID-19 pandemic and it's the first in-person meeting since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Is there potential for BRICS, as a collective forum, to contribute positively to the ongoing peace efforts pertaining to Russia's war in Ukraine?

And how will the negotiation over letting in more countries play out since it seems inevitable that the BRICS would soon become an instrument of Chinese global diplomacy will the BRICS?

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Produced by Anna Priyadarshini

Sound Mix by Nitin Rawat