Russia to host BRICS+ Counter-Terrorism Conference amidst emerging threats
The meeting will complement joint efforts of member countries undertaken within the BRICS Counter-Terrorism Working Group (CTWG) and to further strengthen cooperation on the basis of the BRICS Counter-Terrorism Strategy (2020), the BRICS Counter-Terrorism Action Plan (2021), and the CTWG Position Paper (2024).
Starting January 1, 2025, Uganda officially became a BRICS partner state, along with eight other countries (New Vision/Files)
MOSCOW - BRICS member countries and partner states, including Uganda, will early next month gather in Moscow for the 2025 BRICS+ Counter-Terrorism Conference aimed at looking at national and regional counter terrorism strategies amid emerging security challenges and threats.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, in a statement, said the meeting scheduled for December 3-4 will bring together state representatives, civil society, and academia engaged in extensive studies on counter-terrorism and anti-extremism.
Experts from the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), and other international organisations are expected to join in the discussions.
"The discussion, inter alia, is centred around countering the financing of terrorism, the use of modern information and communication technologies for illegal purposes, combating extremism and attempts to radicalise the population," the statement said.
The meeting will also discuss the various theoretical and methodological aspects of eradication of terrorism, and exchange assessments of threats to security at the national, regional, and global levels in the context of current geopolitical realities. Participants will also share experiences and effective counter-terrorism practices.
The meeting will complement joint efforts of member countries undertaken within the BRICS Counter-Terrorism Working Group (CTWG) and to further strengthen cooperation on the basis of the BRICS Counter-Terrorism Strategy (2020), the BRICS Counter-Terrorism Action Plan (2021), and the CTWG Position Paper (2024).
Starting January 1, 2025, Uganda officially became a BRICS partner state, along with eight other countries. The East African country sees this as an opportunity to benefit from the world's largest emerging markets.
The country is currently carrying out a peacekeeping mission in Somalia, where it is fighting the Al Shabaab insurgents. In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda is carrying out joint military operations to fight the Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel group that is a branch of the Islamic State in central Africa.
BRICS is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the five major emerging markets with significant economic potential.
The bloc's membership expanded in 2024 to embrace Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iran, and Indonesia joined in January 2025. In Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa are the only full member states of the bloc.
Other nations, including Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam, joined BRICS as associate members.