New Delhi, June 11 -- The 13th BRICS Urbanisation Forum commenced on Thursday in New Delhi under India's BRICS Chairship, bringing together ministers, senior government officials and urban experts from BRICS member countries to deliberate on key urban development priorities and strengthen cooperation on sustainable urbanisation, according to the official press release by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

As per the official release, the two-day forum was formally inaugurated by Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan. Delegations from Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates are participating in the event.

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