Current Affairs - International - Discussion

The first media forum of BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) opened in Beijing. The contacts between media are an important basis for friendship, trust and mutual cultural exchange between the countries. During an inaugural session of the BRICS Media Forum in the Chinese capital, Cai Mingzhao, president of Xinhua News Agency and executive president of the Forum, announced that the news agency will invest $1 million for boosting media cooperation in the five-nation grouping.