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Press secretary Peter Cook said the Russia-US talks are "likely to take place as soon as this weekend".
Syrian insurgents opposed to Assad are forming a joint military "operations room" to coordinate operations against Russian airstrikes.
The BRICS bank has an initial authorized capital of $100 billion.
The Indian economy is experiencing a fragile and uneven recovery.
Beijing is trying to counter US-led TPP that excludes China by an alternate mega Free Trade Agreement in the Asia Pacific.
In the early hours of October 8, Russian aircraft performed 22 sorties, destroying 27 ISIL facilities in Syria, Moscow claimed.
South Africa is hosting the regional center for the New Development Bank launched by the BRICS.
The reserves decreased by $43.26 billion last month.
The US and Russia are both bombarding Syrian territory purportedly to defeat terrorist forces.
More than 1,700 financial institutions made worldwide payments in the yuan, up 14 percent from a year earlier.
