12th BRICS summit

{{Short description|2020 international summit hosted by Russia}}

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| name = 2020 BRICS summit

| other_titles = 12th BRICS summit

| image = BRICS Russia 2020.svg

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| country = {{flag|Russia}}

| date = 17 November 2020 (video conference){{cite news |title=BRICS Summit to be held virtually on Nov 17; strengthening cooperation, global stability on agenda |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/brics-summit-to-be-held-virtually-on-nov-17-cooperation-strengthening-global-stability-on-agenda/story-Io02j2Xpb81KAx03C13O1M.html |accessdate=5 October 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=5 October 2020 |language=en}}
21–23 July 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic)

| motto = BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth{{cite web |title=St Petersburg hosts the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas {{!}} Official website of the Russian BRICS Chairmanship in 2020 |url=https://eng.brics-russia2020.ru/news/20200211/100569/St-Petersburg-hosts-the-1st-Meeting-of-BRICS-SherpasSous-Sherpas.html |website=eng.brics-russia2020.ru |accessdate=8 May 2020 |language=en}}

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| cities = Saint Petersburg

| participants = {{BRA}}
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| chairperson =Vladimir Putin, President of Russia

| follows = 11th

| precedes = 13th

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The 2020 BRICS summit was the twelfth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place in Saint Petersburg from July 21 to 23, 2020,{{cite news |title=Russia takes over the reins to chair BRICS in 2020 |url=https://tass.com/politics/1105265 |accessdate=8 May 2020 |work=TASS}} but was changed to a video conference held on November 17 due to the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |title=BRICS and the SCO summits postponed|url=https://eng.brics-russia2020.ru/news/20200527/395729/BRICS-and-the-SCO-summits-postponed.html|accessdate=21 July 2020}}

Russia last chaired 7th BRICS summit, Ufa. The 1st Sherpa meeting was held in Saint Petersburg between 11 and 13 February 2020,{{cite news |title=St Petersburg hosts the 1st Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas |url=https://roscongress.org/en/news/pervoe-zasedanie-sherpsu-sherp-stran-briks-prohodit-v-sankt-peterburge/ |accessdate=8 May 2020 |work=Roscongress Building Trust}} under chairmanship of Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Russian Sherpa for BRICS.