2019 First BRICS Sherpa Meeting Successfully Concludes in Brazil

• The first BRICS Sherpa meeting for the year 2019 was held between 14-15 March 2019 in Curitiba, Brazil.

• The Indian delegation was led by Shri T S Tirumurti, Secretary(ER) in the Ministry of External Affairs.

• Brazil is the host nation for the 2019 BRICS Summit.

• BRICS is a group of the heads of government of the five member states namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.