
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced consensus on a 45-page declaration regarding the BRICS Payment Task Force, which is exploring cross-border payment interoperability and the use of local currencies for trade and investment.
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The BRICS group is evaluating alternative payment mechanisms to facilitate trade and investment among member states.
After a closed session, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerged to say that no member had “objected” to the text.
The 45-page declaration said the group’s Payment Task Force had studied “cross-border interoperability of payment and messaging channels” and held talks on using local currencies for “trade settlements and investments”.
The task force was told to keep working on payments that were “fast, low cost, more accessible, efficient, transparent and safe”.
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