BRICS Political Parties, Think-tanks and Civil Society Organizations Forum 2017 met at Fuzhou to discuss opportunities and challenges for the better connectivity benefit for the communities recently.
Representatives of BRICS political parties, think tanks and non-governmental organizations gathered in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China’s Fujian Province, agreed to increase BRICS cooperation and enhance dialogues with other developing countries.
Target this forum is to be focus on three broad themes including Stronger Peoples to Peoples Bond for Better Cooperation and exploring ways to overcome. During a two-day forum, discussions centered on ways to cement cooperation and share governance experience, and suggestions were offered for the ninth BRICS Summit, which is scheduled for September R. A. D. Sirisena, former Minister of Samurdhi and senior fellow Pathfinder Foundation, brief in presentation, any effort to promote better cooperation between the countries must be understood by the people’s interaction under the new circumstances.
The forum covered two major sectors and included public support for BRICS cooperation: status quo and the way forward and role of civil society organizations in facilitating BRICS cooperation: areas of strength and options. Zhu Rui, Secretary General for China NGO Network moderate the first session and Corlett Letlojane, Executive Director of Human Rights Institute for South Asia.
Addressing the closing ceremony, Song Tao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said BRICS political parties, think tanks and non-governmental organizations should facilitate cooperation that will elevate BRICS members to their role as practitioners of new globalization, advocators for new global governance and forerunners of new South-South cooperation. “BRICS should promote the Belt and Road Initiative, to inject new vitality to BRICS cooperation,” he said.
In the Fuzhou Initiative, released at the closing ceremony, attendees vowed to intensify policy communication, expand cooperation, and work more with other emerging markets and developing countries.
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