- Started as BRIC – Brazil, Russia, India, China
- The concept – July 2006 – G8 Outreach Summit
- Discussed by leaders of these countries
- September 2006 – BRIC comes into existence
- 1st BRIC meeting – MEAs – September 2006 – UNGA sidelines/NY
- 1st BRIC Summit – 16 June 2009 – Yekaterinburg, Russia
- September 2010 – BRIC to BRICS – South Africa joins