After a successful bilateral visit to Rwanda and Uganda, PM Modi all set to attend the 10th BRICS Summit in South Africa

NewsBharati    26-Jul-2018
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Johannesburg, July 26: After having a successful bilateral visit in Rwanda and Uganda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in South Africa to take part in the BRICS Summit. The 10th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg is ought to set the theme of 'BRICS in Africa - collaboration for inclusive growth and shared prosperity in the 4th industrial revolution'.

Celebrating a decade of cooperation between the BRICS nations and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a keynote address at the summit along with taking into consideration the global hot-spot issues, international peace, and security, global governance and trade issues among others. The other countries include Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa who will take part in the meeting.

 

On his arrival in South Africa, PM Modi was welcomed by the host of the BRICS summit, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The BRICS summit will take place in the evening today.

Besides attending the summit, PM Modi will also hold bilateral talks with the leaders of the participating nations, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. For the first time, a BRICS leaders' retreat is being organized wherein the leaders will deliberate and take stock of BRICS co-operation during the decade and on its future prospects.

The BRICS summit is ought to be a three-day event which kick-started yesterday with the BRICS Business Forum Meet. Delivering the keynote address, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said, this year marks the decade of co-operation between BRICS nations. During this period, he said, the grouping has achieved lot like the formation of the New Development Bank which fills a critical gap in project funding.