Fifth BRICS Summit-Durban
South Africa hosted the fifth BRICS Summit from 26 to 28 March 2013 at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC). This will complete the first cycle of BRICS summits. The central area of discussion was under the overarching theme, BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Development, Integration and Industrialisation. Subsequent to the discussions that took place at the Business Forum Meeting, the industry leaders from the business communities of the five countries namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa agreed on the following points: • BRICS and Africa will forge a closer partnership for development integration and industrialisation. • BRICS …