Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, has emphasized the need for a collective solution from BRICS bloc to mitigate the global food, fuel and financial crisis.
She made this comment at the 8th BRICS Parliamentary Forum (BRICS PF) virtual meeting held on Tuesday.
“Food security and nutrition of our vulnerable populations are under threat, and legislatures of all BRICS nations, in particular, occupy a unique place to foster cooperation and people-people relations through public diplomacy, where there could be strategic direction of multilateralism and mutual development,” she said.
Mapisa-Nqakula led a multi-party Parliamentary delegation to the meeting hosted by the National People’s Congress of China, under the theme, ‘Leveraging the role of the legislature to foster high-quality BRICS partnership‘.
The Speaker commended the 14th BRICS Summit Strategy on Food and Security Cooperation, which is aimed at stabilizing global food production and contributing positively to global food security infrastructure.
She also applauded the establishment of the BRICS Vaccine Research and Development, saying that it was an important BRICS milestone, which will further enhance BRICS countries’ capabilities to respond to future health emergencies.
“Through our oversight function as Parliaments, we have to ensure that the BRICS Vaccine Centre has the resources and the capacity to build a much-needed line of defence against infectious diseases,” the Speaker said.
She noted that the BRICS PF has a key role to play in strengthening the broader BRICS partnership, and BRICS countries must reconnect with their objective of strengthening cooperation.
Mapisa-Nqakula said through sustained parliamentary cooperation, BRICS can create responsive governments to address the current crises.
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