PM Modi Leaves For BRICS Summit, May Meet Xi In South Africa
Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for South Africa to attend the BRICS Summit from August 22-24 at the invitation of Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa. The BRICS Summit is being held in Johannesburg under the South African Chairmanship this time in person after 2019. According to reports, PM Modi will meet China President Xi-Jinping, however foreign ministry officials said that the schedule of Prime Minister”s BRICS schedule is being finalised.
During his stay in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Modi will also participate in BRICS–Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogue event that will be held as part of the BRICS Summit activities.
“We value that BRICS has become a platform for discussing and deliberating on issues of concern for the entire Global South, including development imperatives and reform of the multilateral system. This Summit will provide a useful opportunity for BRICS to identify future areas of cooperation and review institutional development,” PM Modi said in a statement.
From South Africa, PM Modi will travel to Athens, Greece on August 25, 2023 at the invitation of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece.
This will be PM Modi”s first visit to Greece and he said he has the honour to be the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Greece after 40 years.
PM @narendramodi emplanes for South Africa and Greece. pic.twitter.com/2jmNMgFdCU
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 22, 2023
BRICS is a grouping of the economies of the global south consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa formed by the 2010 addition of South Africa to the predecessor BRIC.
