OREANDA-NEWS. April 16, 2010. Taking part in the summit were Dmitry Medvedev, President of Brazil Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh, and President of China Hu Jintao.

Subjects discussed included cooperation on overcoming the global financial and economic crisis and international efforts to promote post-crisis development, including through the G20’s work, responding to new threats and challenges, including international terrorism and nuclear security in the light of the Washington summit, climate change issues, and new avenues for cooperation within the BRIC group. Regional issues discussed included the Iranian nuclear programme, Middle East peace settlement, and the situation in Haiti.

The BRIC leaders ended their summit by adopting a joint declaration setting out their common vision of development in the world today.

The summit participants responded with understanding to China’s request to cut the summit programme short by one day after Chinese President Hu Jintao decided to return to China immediately following the earthquake in Qinghai Province.

This was the second summit bringing together the heads of state of Brazil, Russia, India and China. The first BRIC summit took place in June 2009 in Yekaterinburg in Russia, and the third summit will take place in China in 2011.