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Indian media praise success of BRICS Media Summit in Beijing

Xinhua, December 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indian daily newspaper The Hindu Wednesday applauded the success of the first BRICS Media Summit held in Beijing.

The English-language daily said the summit was successful in creating consensus among BRICS media on how to reinforce their role in bringing about better international economic governance and meeting global challenges such as terrorism and climate change.

China, as the host of the summit, has proposed "a string of thematic lines including a focus on counter-terrorism for the development of the media, in tune with the growing clout of the BRICS group," the daily said.

Better media coordination among the five countries on counter-terrorism, elimination of poverty and hunger as well as climate change were the major topics at the summit, the daily reported.

The "image of BRICS as leaders of world economic development" and its role as "constructor of international peace" were also discussed at the summit.

The Beijing Declaration issued at the end of the conference focused on integration of traditional and new media, as well as establishing an institutional architecture for the development of journalism in BRICS countries, the newspaper said.

"Pitching for building consensus to deal with terrorism, climate change and other key issues, leaders of 25 media organizations from BRICS countries today pledged to follow the latest trends in international dissemination to cope with fast-paced development in news media," the Press Trust of India said Tuesday. Endi