On July 21, 2017, the 3rd BRICS Foreign Policy Planning Dialogue was held in Beijing. Presided over by Acting Director-General of the Policy Planning Department of the Foreign Ministry Wang Wenbin, the Dialogue was attended by Chief Director for Regional Organizations of the International of Department of International Relations and Cooperation David Malcolmson of South Africa, Director of Policy Planning Department of the Foreign Ministry Benoni Belli of Brazil, Director of Policy Planning Department of the Foreign Ministry Oleg Stepanov of Russia and Director of Policy Planning Department of the Foreign Ministry Gaddam Dharmendra of India and their delegations.

All parties had candid and in-depth exchanges on current international and regional situation, cooperation among BRICS countries and other topics, and unanimously agreed to make good use of the platform of the Foreign Policy Planning Dialogue, so as to provide strong intellectual support for deepening BRICS cooperation. All parties expect and believe that the BRICS Summit in Xiamen will achieve complete success, and open up a brighter future for BRICS cooperation.