Articles tagged under: BRICS

PM Modi to visit South Africa and Greece during 22-24 August 2023

August 18, 2023
PM Modi to visit South Africa and Greece during 22-24 August 2023

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be visiting Johannesburg, South Africa from 22-24 August 2023 to attend the 15th BRICS Summit at the invitation of H.E. Mr. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa. This will be the first in-person BRICS Summit since 2019. The Summit will provide an opportunity to review progress of the initiatives launched by the grouping, and identify future areas of activity. Prime Minister will also participate in a special e...Read More

Live updates: Prime Minister’s ongoing Brazil visit

November 12, 2019

PM Modi arrives to attend dinner hosted by Brazilian President in Brasilia PM Modi and other BRICS leaders address closing ceremony of BRICS Business Forum Translation of Prime Minister's remarks at BRICS Business Forum November 14, 2019 Your Excellencies, Distinguished Participants of BRICS Business Forum, Namaskar, Good Evening. I am very happy to join the BRICS Business Forum. The 11th BRICS Summit program has started with this forum. I congratulate the President...Read More

Big diplomatic win for India: Pakistan based terror groups slammed in BRICS declaration

September 04, 2017
Big diplomatic win for India: Pakistan based terror groups slammed in BRICS declaration

New Delhi: In a major diplomatic victory for India, the ongoing BRICS Summit at Xiamen in China today issued a declaration, which, for the first time, named terror groups based in Pakistan as the five nations united in condemning terrorism and finding ways to eliminate it. The declaration, adopted by the five BRICS nations - India, China, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa - explicitly names Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Hizb-ut-Tahrir in a clear sign that Beijing'...Read More

PM Narendra Modi to attend BRICS summit in China next week; will also visit Myanmar

August 29, 2017
PM Narendra Modi to attend BRICS summit in China next week; will also visit Myanmar

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Xiamen in China to attend the BRICS summit which will be held from September 3-5, the Ministry of External Affairs said today. The announcement of Modi's visit comes a day after India and China ended their 73-day standoff in Dokalam by withdrawing their troops from the area. "At the invitation of the President of People's Republic of China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Xiamen in China's Fujian province during September 3-5, ...Read More

Terror is ”favourite child” of Pakistan, need decisive action: PM

October 17, 2016
Terror is ”favourite child” of Pakistan, need decisive action: PM

By Snehesh Alex Philip and Vilas Tokale Mobor (Goa): In a stinging attack on Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it "embraces and radiates" the darkness of terrorism which has become its "favourite child" and pitched for decisive action, saying the time for condemning state-sponsored terrorism is long gone. He pressed the member nations of BRICS and BIMSTEC groupings to send a clear message to those who "nurture the philosophy of terror to mend their ways or be isolated in ...Read More

No consensus on including JeM in BRICS’ Goa Declaration

October 17, 2016
No consensus on including JeM in BRICS’ Goa Declaration

By Snehesh Alex Philip and Vilas Tokale Mobor (Goa): A consensus on including UN- proscribed terror group JeM in the Goa Declaration of the BRICS Summit, which called for tackling terrorism, couldn't be arrived at as other nations in the bloc are not affected by Pakistan-based terrorism, a top Indian diplomat said today. The diplomat, however, said India is "quite happy" with the document. "I guess it does not concern them mainly, BRICS. It affects us. Because Pakistan-based outfits are...Read More

Unanimity in BRICS on fighting cross-border terror supporters

October 16, 2016
Unanimity in BRICS on fighting cross-border terror supporters

Benaulim:Combating cross-border terrorism and its supporters will be a key priority for BRICS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today announcing decisions taken by top leaders of the five-nation influential grouping at its annual summit here. In his concluding remarks at the BRICS summit, Modi said it was agreed at the summit that those who nurture, shelter, support and sponsor forces of violence and terror are as much a "threat to us" as terrorists themselves and efforts must be speeded up ...Read More

‘Prachanda, Modi, Xi hold trilateral meeting in Goa’

October 16, 2016
‘Prachanda, Modi, Xi hold trilateral meeting in Goa’

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Prachanda held a trilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Goa and pitched Nepal as a "dynamic bridge" between the two Asian giants, a media report here said today. Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', who reached India to attend the BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit yesterday, first held a one-on-one meeting with Chinese President Xi which lasted for around 20 minutes and later Modi j...Read More

BRICS: Leaders admire ‘sand monuments’ of 5 member nations

October 16, 2016
BRICS: Leaders admire ‘sand monuments’ of 5 member nations

Benaulim (Goa):Amid the ongoing BRICS Summit in Goa, Heads of the States visited the sand sculptures of monuments of all the five member countries created in the lobby of a five-star resort here. India's renowned sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik has created the sculptures of monuments of all five participating nations Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The leaders visited the sculptures yesterday. "It was a great honour when Prime Minister Narendra Modi explained the importa...Read More

Modi takes on Pakistan at BRICS, terms it mothership of terror

October 16, 2016
Modi takes on Pakistan at BRICS, terms it mothership of terror

Benaulim (Goa):Talking tough on Pakistan at the BRICS Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the "most serious" direct threat to regional security was terrorism, whose "mothership" was a country in India's neighbourhood. The Prime Minister also said that country nurtures a mindset that loudly proclaims that terrorism is justified for political gains. Addressing Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Michel Temer RPT Michel Temer and Sou...Read More