Foreign ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup, briefing reporters on the prime minister’s meeting with the leaders of other BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations on Sunday, said Modi urged BRICS members “to coordinate actions to isolate those who are supporters and sponsors of terror”. He replied, “Prime Minister Modi is looking forward to visiting Islamabad for the SAARC summit”. “And our strongest action should be reserved for those state actors who employ terrorism as an instrument of State policy”.
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India and Japan pledged to further strengthen cooperation in the area of counter terrorism, trade and investments. Matters took an ugly turn when Indian forces killed a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani on July 8 that led to massive unrest in Kashmir.
New Delhi elevated its relationship with Hanoi from Strategic Partnership to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership while announcing a $500-million defence credit line to the southeast Asian nation.
The comments came a day after he sought to forge worldwide opinion on isolating Pakistan in his meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Because anything less than that is not enough, Modi said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived back home on Monday night after a successful bilateral engagement with Vietnam and a visit to China where he participated in the G-20 Summit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and several other world leaders on the sidelines of two back-to-back global summits in the capital of Laos.
The two leaders reaffirmed the importance of the deepening partnership between the United States and India and the value of their shared engagement in the region, including through the East Asia Summit, the official said. Macri recalled his two previous visits to India, as a tourist and as a Mayor.
The two leaders are expected to make brief remarks at the top of the meeting. India had earlier opposed the deadline. In New Delhi, President Pranab Mukherjee said India was a victim of cross-border terrorism, not a homegrown one.
For us a terrorist is a terrorist, he asserted.
The G20 is an global forum for governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies.
The interaction happened at the G20 summit.
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EAS is held after annual ASEAN leaders’ meetings.
