“The very BRICS idea is that
we should take each other’s best practices that our member states have developed,”
emphasized the Deputy Chairwoman of the State Duma Maria Voropaeva
Maria Alexandrovna
at the press
conference on the results of the 12th International BRICS Parliamentary
Forum which was held in New Delhi on October 26 and 27.
She recalled that India is one of the IT leaders: there are several IT-hubs located in the country and they unite not only companies that are leaders of the industry, but also unite universities, state authorities that are customers of digital solutions for the country.
“Russia and India are the states with huge technological, scientific, cultural potential. At many meetings
of Vyacheslav Victorovich (Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (Elected in a single mandate electoral district № 164 – Saratov district, Saratov Oblast)
– editor’s note), speakers called for developing more practical solutions as part of our parliamentary activity. Thus,
we are actively discussing the proposal to hold exchanges where, from Russia’s
side, the delegation could include regional deputies who are involved,
promoting and working in IT area. From India’ side, we could invite the same
colleagues. We have a lot of things to exchange,” said Maria Voropaeva.
The Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin paid a working visit to the Republic on India from October 24 to October 27. He headed the Russian delegation at the 12th International BRICS Parliamentary Forum. The main theme of the Forum was “Fostering Parliaments for People-Centric Development”. There was adopted a joint statement. The Forum participants noted the importance of providing legislative support for “strengthening strategic BRICS partnership and within the respective constitutional mandates and competencies of member Parliaments across all areas of cooperation.”
