Indian LS Speaker Om Birla Participates in 6th BRICS Parliamentary Forum virtually
- The 6th BRICS Parliamentary Forum has been organised virtually on 27 October 2020 under the chairmanship of Vyachaslav Volodin, the Chairman of Russian Parliament
- Speakers and members of five BRICS Parliaments namely Brazil, Russian, India, China and South Africa are attending the Forum.
- The Indian Parliamentary Delegation is being led by Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla and also consists of Member of Lok Sabha Kanimozhi Karunanidhi.
- The theme of the Forum is ‘BRICS partnership in the interest of global stability, general safety and innovative growth: Parliamentary dimension’.
- The forum provides an effective platform to facilitate inter-parliamentary dialogue and Parliamentary Diplomacy among the Parliaments of BRICS countries with a view to strengthening the role of Parliaments on a range of contemporary global issues.