BRICS Counter-Terrorism Strategy

The BRICS has been taking note of developments in international conflicts, especially those in Africa and West Asia. The issue of security has been a priority for BRICS since the beginning. The national security advisors of the BRICS countries have been meeting since 2009 to expand dialogue on security issues and exchange information. To streamline these efforts, a BRICS Joint Working Group on Counterterrorism was also set up, which held its first meeting in 2016. In 2019, the working group decided to constitute five subcommittees on terrorist financing, the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes, countering radicalization, the issue of foreign terrorist fighters, and capacity building. The BRICS Counter-Terrorism Strategy was adopted at the online Leaders' Summit in Moscow on 17 November 2020, and the Counter-Terrorism Action Plan was adopted at the 2021 summit in India. The following is the Counter-Terrorism Strategy of the BRICS nations.