The Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
will chair the 6th BRICS Parliamentary Forum which
will be held on 27 October 2020. The central theme of the Forum will be “BRICS
Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth: Parliamentary
Dimension”. The meeting will be held via videoconference.
According to the Chairman of the State Duma, “Russia will propose to discuss with the colleagues, members of the parliaments of the BRICS countries, issues of strengthening of the key international institutions such as the UN and the World Health Organization. Issues of building a system of international relations on the principles of mutual respect and respect for sovereignty will be also discussed at the meeting.”
The Forum participants also plan to discuss issues of improving the standards and quality of life of citizens of the BRICS countries, preparing legislative initiatives to improve the health care systems, issues of social protection and economic recovery in the pandemic conditions, as well as the further development of parliamentary cooperation within the BRICS.
The heads of the BRICS parliamentary delegations (Russia, Brazil, India, China, South Africa) will address the Forum participants.
The outcome statement is also planned to be adopted at the end of the meeting.
The 6th BRICS Parliamentary Forum will be held under the Russian BRICS Chairmanship in 2020.
The first BRICS Parliamentary Forum with participation of speakers of parliaments was held within the framework of the BRICS Chairmanship in 2015 (on June 8 in Moscow).
