BRICS Media Forum to be held in Beijing next week

Beijing June 4 (IANS) The BRICS Media Forum to be held in Beijing from June 7 to 8 will be attended by the leaders of 25 media groups from Brazil Russia India China and South Africa.

The attendees will discuss topics including multimedia innovation for media development as well as media outlets duty and social responsibility Xinhua reported.

The forum next week aims to improve the high-end dialogue platform for the mainstream media of BRICS countries as well as advance innovation and promote fairness and justice of international public opinion.

During the forum there will be a BRICS Media Joint Photo Exhibition to show the development and cooperation achievements of BRICS.

The forum is jointly organised by the mainstream media groups of BRICS countries.

China which took over the BRICS presidency this year will host the Ninth BRICS Summit in September in Xiamen Fujian Province.

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