DIRCO Annual Report

Programme: South-South Cooperation

Deviation from planned target to actual achievement 2021/22

Audited actual performance 2018/19

Audited actual performance 2019/20

Planned annual target 2020/21

**Actual achievement 2020/21

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Outcome

Output

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8. The third stand-alone meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/ International Relations was held via videoconference on 4 September 2020, under the Chairship of the Russian Federation The meeting exchanged views on: • major international and regional issues in the political, security, economic, trade, financial and sustainable development spheres • the progress in BRICS activities under the 2020 Calendar of Events and set of priorities and deliverables set out by the Chair India, as the incoming Chair of BRICS in 2021, briefly assured the meeting of its commitment to continuity during its Chairship, and to taking stock of BRICS activities to promote efficiency 9. Prepared for and participated in the IBSA Ministerial Dialogue Forum, 16 September 2020: • the key outcome of the meeting was the adoption of a Joint IBSA Ministerial Statement on Reform of the UNSC.

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