{"id":3479,"date":"2026-08-17T23:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2026-08-17T23:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:02:08","slug":"mea-secretary-highlights-priorities-of-indias-chairship-at-brics-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=3479","title":{"rendered":"MEA Secretary highlights priorities of India&#8217;s chairship at BRICS conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"3480\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/International.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/International.png 450w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/International-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cairo, Sripriya Ranganathan, Secretary (Consular of Passport and Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), highlighted the priorities of India&#8217;s BRICS 2026 Chairship at the India-Egypt BRICS Partnership Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Sripriya Ranganathan addressed the Inaugural Session of the India-Egypt BRICS Partnership Conference, organised by the Indian Embassy in Egypt in collaboration with the Indian Council of World Affairs, at the Diplomatic Club in Cairo,&#8221; the Indian Embassy in Egypt said on social media platform X on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Secretary Ranganathan highlighted the priorities of India&#8217;s BRICS 2026 Chairship and underscored how India-Egypt Strategic Partnership provides a strong foundation for closer cooperation within BRICS and for advancing the priorities of the Global South,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary Ranganathan is on an official visit to Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon from August 16-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the MEA, during her visit, Secretary Ranganathan will meet her counterparts and various stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The visit will focus on reinforcing India&#8217;s friendly ties with these countries and also offer an opportunity for discussions on regional developments and other issues of mutual interest,&#8221; the Ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also noted that Secretary Ranganathan will deliver the keynote address at the inaugural session of India-Egypt in &#8220;BRICS: Towards a Stronger Voice for the Global South&#8221;, aimed at discussing ways to strengthen the India-Egypt partnership within BRICS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MEA also mentioned that this is the Secretary&#8217;s maiden visit to these countries in her current capacity and is expected to further strengthen India&#8217;s ties with the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, Secretary Ranganathan co-chaired the 7th Meeting of the India-UAE Joint Committee on Consular Affairs (JCCA) where India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring the safety, dignity and well-being of their citizens living in each other&#8217;s countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting was held in New Delhi on July 22 and was co-chaired by Secretary Ranganathan and Omar Obaid Mohammed Alhesan Alshamsi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the UAE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cairo, Sripriya Ranganathan, Secretary (Consular of Passport and Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), highlighted the priorities of India&#8217;s BRICS 2026 Chairship at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-display","category-international","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3481,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3479\/revisions\/3481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}