The ministers also called for the effective implementation of the UNSC resolution for an "immediate, durable, and sustained ceasefire" and the relevant UNGA resolutions and UNSC resolution for immediate safe and unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance in Gaza.
Welcoming the inclusion of the African Union in G20 during the New Delhi Summit last year, the ministers said the G20 presidencies of India, Brazil, and South Africa lay a solid ground for addressing inequalities, imbalances, and shortcomings in the world economy.
The BRICS ministers of Foreign Affairs met in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod on Monday and held a plethora of discussions, including an important one on the enhanced use of local currencies in trade and financial transactions between the BRICS countries.
The two-day meeting chaired by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will begin in Nizhny Novgorod and comes ahead of the BRICS Summit slated to be held this October.
India has emerged as a strong voice in the past decade. PM Modi has prioritised positioning India as the 'Voice of the Global South' with the 'Vishwa Bandhu' approach. The G20 Summit was held under India's presidency with the theme of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'.
The programme includes more than 150 thematic sessions with over 1,000 speakers. The event will focus on developing business relations and expanding contacts with trade partners from the CIS countries, the Arab world, India, China, EAEU-ASEAN and Latin America.
The BRICS sports ministers' meeting scheduled for June 22 will bring together representatives from China, UAE, Egypt, Ethiopia and Iran, India, South Africa and Brazil.
The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that BRICS is an important platform and India looks forward to participation in meetings organized by Russia as BRICS chair this year.
Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra addressed the BRICS Health Ministers' meeting on the sidelines of the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Tuesday.
The International Scientific and Practical Conference "BRICS in the Era of Global Social Transformations" was held in Russia, where an Indian professor expressed his confidence that during Russia's BRICS chairmanship, special attention will be paid to solving the problems of the global so