Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa for bilateral talks. Most recently the met during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Qingdao, China, back in June, and before that in Sochi back in May, where the Russia India relationship was deemed a ‘special privileged strategic partnership’. Modi arrived at the summit on Wednesday. BRICS consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and this year’s summit is symbolically taking place in South Africa.
The Indian Express reports:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, and said the friendship between India and Russia is deep-rooted.
Modi was meeting Putin after their informal meeting in May in the Black Sea coastal city of Sochi in Russia in May.
The two leaders then met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Qingdao, China, in June.
“Wide-ranging and productive talks with President Putin. India’s friendship with Russia is deep-rooted and our countries will continue working together in multiple sectors. @KremlinRussia,” Prime Minister Modi said in a tweet.
The two leaders had a comprehensive discussion on bilateral issues of mutual interest, especially in trade, investment, energy, defence and tourism, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in a tweet later.
The Modi-Putin meeting got over at midnight local time, he said.
During their meeting in Sochi in May, India and Russia elevated their strategic partnership to a “special privileged strategic partnership”.
Modi arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday to attend the two-day BRICS Summit. The theme of the summit is ‘BRICS in Africa’.
BRICS is a grouping of emerging nations formed in 2009 and comprises five countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Representing over 40 per cent of the world’s population, the block’s growth rates surpass those of the developed countries of the G7.
The BRICS is made up of countries which are featuring a greater degree of year over year growth than that of its Western counterpart, the G7. The BRICS countries of China and Russia are actively involved in multilateral international organizations and initiatives aimed at growing that development, and of seeking a greater degree of cooperation amongst their members. The West, on the other hand, can’t boast that kind of cooperation and development, as the degree of production from and between Western countries stagnates and even threatens trade wars between each other. With America as a major part of the G7, the present theme of America is about making America great, even at the expense of everyone else, where BRICS countries are looking for greater ways to cooperate and thrive together. It’s a major contrast, and it’s become more prevalent all the time.
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