China hosted the first Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) media summit in Beijing for creating an alternative media platform for the 5 emerging economies. 25 media organisations participated in the 2 day summit which aimed to create a new institutional framework to benefit the media of five emerging economies of BRICS grouping. Key facts China’s Xinhua news agency is the initiator of the project which adds one more dimension to the BRICS format. It was organised in collaboration with The Hindu group of publications, Russia Today International News Agency, the Brazil Communication Company and South Africa’s Independent Media. The summit proposed the formation of a BRICS Media Foundation for supporting and protecting journalists belonging to the grouping. In the first summit, leaders of 25 Media organisations from the 5 BRICS countries pitched for building consensus to deal with climate change, terrorism,and other key global issues.
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