11 Oct 2012 18:46

Putin creates organizing committee for Russia's SCO and BRICS presidency in 2014-2015

MOSCOW. Oct 11 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin has decreed to create an organizing committee to prepare and ensure Russia's presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2014-2015 and of the BRICS alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in 2015.

The decree was published on the official legal information portal on Thursday.

Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov has been appointed as the committee's chairman. He is to submit the committee's membership list and action plan to the president for approval.