Addressing a meeting in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated the commitment when he said that, while India will walk the path of peace, it will not shy away from battles if national interest so demanded. “Obviously terrorism is very important part of that”. It can not be tackled individually and has to be tackled collectively. “There is no good terrorist or bad terrorist”, Sinha said.
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“There is a popular view that China is trying to carve out for itself a pre-eminent role in South Asian affairs and that it intends to contain India’s rise by seeking closer cooperation with countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Myanmar”, the article added.
The workshops will also look at alternatives built by social movements in BRICS countries as a counter to neo-liberalism. He said that multiple agencies including NSG, BSF, paramilitary services, IB, Navy, Army are part of the security arrangements for BRICS.
At the BRICS summit, leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will exchange in-depthVIEWS on BRICS cooperation and other global and regional issues, Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong said.
The prime minister expressed her appreciation for China’s support to Bangladesh’s efforts in attaining sustainable development while welcoming Chinese companies investing in the country’s emerging sectors like textiles, leather, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, shipbuilding and agro-processing, among others. Modi will chair the BIMSTEC meeting in the evening of October 16, followed by a meeting of BRICS and BIMSTEC leaders. It also led a small group of countries in June that opposed India being made a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, which has 48 members who trade in civil nuclear technology.
On October 03, days after it asked lslamabad to take “effective” steps to stop the activities of terrorist groups on its territory, Russian Federation had said that it “welcomed” the surgical strike by India as every country has a right to defend itself.
A BRICS Trade Fair is also being held in the Indian capital New Delhi from 12-14 October that will focus on start-ups and young entrepreneurs from the five countries.
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“Loan agreements of a record amount will be signed”, State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan said ahead of Xi’s state visit scheduled for Friday.
