The foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) will discuss economic and energy issues when they meet in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg this week, a Russian government official said on Monday.

"It is planned that particular attention will be paid to topical trends in the global economy and financial affairs, as well as energy security and efficiency," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Boris Malakhov in a statement posted on the ministry's website.

The top diplomats will also discuss international cooperation on climate change, disarmament and non-proliferation, the fight against terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking, he said.

The Golden BRIC, a term created by economists of investment bank Goldman Sachs, groups the world's four most prosperous emerging economies which have been playing an increasingly important part in the world's trade and economic development over the past years.