Members of bloc to hold multiple high-level meetings this year

BRICS member states have had in-depth discussions and reached broad consensus on such issues as political security, economic, and people-to-people exchanges for the summit to be held in Xiamen, Fujian province, in September, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday.

The BRICS members have agreed to hold a series of high-level events throughout this year, including an informal leaders' meeting in Hamburg, Germany, during the G20 summit next month, said Li Baodong, vice-foreign minister.