China’s ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, congratulated New Delhi for hosting the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, calling the talks constructive despite a fast changing global landscape. Speaking in place of absent FM Wang Yi, Xu said the Chair’s Statement and Outcome Document reflect broad consensus on international issues, BRICS development, and reform of global governance. He said China, as incoming chair, will deepen solidarity and proposed stronger strategic coordination, economic ties, innovation, and people to people links.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar used the BRICS session to press for sweeping reform of global institutions, saying the UN’s effectiveness and credibility will remain “constrained” without meaningful changes, including expanding both permanent and non-permanent Security Council categories. He argued global governance structures still reflect an earlier era, as the world is more interconnected and multipolar. Jaishankar called reform “not a choice but a necessity,” urged moving to text-based Security Council negotiations, and demanded restructuring of financial and trading systems too.
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Megnad Desai, the eminent economist and former House of Lords member, has died. Born in Vadodara, he taught at the London School of Economics from 1965 to 2003, and in 1992 founded the Centre for the Study of Global Governance. He also directed LSE’s Development Studies Institute, leaving a lasting imprint on development and global policy research.
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