Vizag to host BRICS Sports Ministers’ Meeting on August 22, 23
Visakhapatnam will host the BRICS Sports Ministers’ Meeting on August 22-23, 2026, focusing on international cooperation in sports technology and development. Officials are finalizing security and protocol arrangements for delegates from 11 member nations.
Why it matters
International diplomatic meetings facilitate policy alignment and cooperation on global issues, in this case, the development of the sports industry and indigenous sports.
District Collector Abhishikth Kishore has directed officials to make strong security and protocol arrangements for the BRICS Sports Ministers’ Meeting-2026, comprising the Sports Working Group meeting and the Sports Ministers’ meeting, to be held in Visakhapatnam on August 22 and 23.
Chairing a meeting with officials at the Collectorate on Monday evening to review arrangements for the meeting, Mr. Kishore said the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports would organise the event at the Novotel hotel in Visakhapatnam on August 22 and 23. With Ministers and officials from 11 countries expected to participate, he directed officials to make arrangements befitting an international event.
Ministers and delegates from other countries are scheduled to arrive in the city on August 21 and 22 and leave on August 24, he added.
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