BRICS youth summit calls for shift of power from the West

Guwahati: The second BRICS Youth Summit has called for shifting of power from the West to the member countries to maintain balance in the world, as the conclave concluded on Sunday.
The three-day summit adopted the ‘Guwahati BRICS Youth Summit 2016 Call to Action’ and urged the youth of the five member nations to come together for working towards this goal. Adressing a press conference here, South African Team Leader Khathulshelo Ramukumba said, “The youth of our nations can suggest how the demographic dividends of us can be used to shift the power from the West to the BRICS.
“There is an urgent need for working collectively towards this goal,” he stressed. “It is encouraging that the young people are ready and hungry to be citizens of a better nation,” Ramukumba said. Russian Minister Sergey Pospelov said a virtual secretariat of the BRICS Youth Forum will be operational shortly.
“That will enable the members to remain in touch 24×7 through social networking, which will take the cooperation to the next level,” said Pospelov, who led the Russian delegation at the conclave. Brazilian delegation leader GF Alves Pereira and Chinese team leader Dong Du said the Guwahati Summit was a good forum for the youths to float new ideas and the participation was encouraging.
Rajeev Gupta of India said the Guwahati resolution will be placed before the BRICS Summit at Goa in October this year for its final incorporation. Series of discussions were held on four thematic areas — skill development and entrepreneurship, social inclusion, youth volunteerism and youth participation in governance.  (PTI)