12th BRICS summit

The 2020 BRICS summit was the twelfth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place in Saint Petersburg from July 21 to 23, 2020,^[3] but was changed to a video conference held on November 17 due to the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][1]

Host country Russia

MottoBRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth^[2]

CitiesSaint Petersburg

Participants Brazil
 Russia
 India
 China
 South Africa

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2020 BRICS summit 12th BRICS summit
← 11th 17 November 2020 (video conference)[1] 21–23 July 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) 13th →
Host country	Russia
Motto	BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth[2]
Cities	Saint Petersburg
Participants	Brazil  Russia  India  China  South Africa
Chair	Vladimir Putin, President of Russia

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Russia last chaired 7th BRICS summit, Ufa. The 1st Sherpa meeting was held in Saint Petersburg between 11 and 13 February 2020,^[5] under chairmanship of Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Russian Sherpa for BRICS.