As the world undergoes profound changes, BRICS cooperation has become more important. Despite our differences in national conditions, our 5 countries are in similar stage of development and share same development cause. We should speak with one voice and jointly present our solutions to issues concerning international peace and development .
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said:
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Trade and economy is the foundation of the co-operation among BRICS countries .
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Our Endeavour's today touch diverse areas of agriculture, culture, environment, energy, sports, and ICT. We are in mission-mode to eradicate poverty; to ensure health, sanitation, skills, food security, gender equality, energy, education. Our women’s empowerment programmes are productivity multipliers that mainstream women in nation building. Our Central Banks must further strengthen their capabilities & promote co-operation between the Contingent Reserve Arrangement & the IM.
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We need to mainstream our youth in our joint initiatives; scaled up cooperation in skill development and exchange of best practices.
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All leaders strongly condemned terrorism and sought greater financial action against terror groups The BRICS nations called for swift implementation of UNSC (United Nations Security Council) resolutions on terrorism. They also named terror groups, this is the first time that specific listing of terrorist organisations has taken place. All countries agreed that they should Modi asserted that the grouping was in a "mission-mode" to eradicate poverty and ensure health, sanitation, skills, food security, gender equality, energy and education.
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Deepening the India-Russia partnership...PM Narendra Modi and President Putin meet at the sidelines of the BRICS.
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The two leaders believed to have discussed ways to further ramp up bilateral cooperation, particularly in areas of defence, security and trad Summit.
PM Modi today strongly pitched for setting up of a Brics credit rating agency to counter western rating institutions and cater to the financial needs of sovereign and corporate entities of developing nations. “Our Central Banks must further strengthen their capabilities and promote cooperation between the Contingent Reserve Arrangement and the IMF (International Monetary Fund),” the prime minister said, urging early creation of the BRICS rating agency.
The five-nation BRICS grouping said Monday it "strongly deplores" North Korea's latest nuclear test, adding to global condemnation of Pyongyang.
"We strongly deplore the nuclear test conducted by the DPRK (North Korea)," Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa said in a joint statement from their annual summit. "We express deep concern over the ongoing tension and prolonged nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, and emphasise that it should only be settled through peaceful means and direct dialogue of all the parties concerned."
The BRICS nations called for swift implementation of UNSC (United Nations Security Council) resolutions on terrorism. They also named terror groups, this is the first time that specific listing of terrorist organisations has taken place. All countries agreed that they should Modi asserted that the grouping was in a "mission-mode" to eradicate poverty and ensure health, sanitation, skills, food security, gender equality, energy and education.