Hangzhou (China) Sep 5 (IANS) In an indirect reference to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the BRICS member nations to “isolate supporters and sponsors of terror”. “We have arrested in Jammu and Kashmir a Pakistani, Bahadur Ali, who has confessed that he received training of terrorism in Pakistan”. India is cautiously pursuing multiple policies, aiming to profit from several directions, one of which is BRICS.
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Although the G20 Summit gave Modi and Xi the chance to iron out recent difficulties, Modi’s two-day stay in Hangzhou has also provided India with the opportunity to bolster several other key relationships. India is pursuing extradition of industrialist Vijay Mallya and former Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi from the UK. This was Modi’s first bilateral with May, who succeeded David Cameron after the Brexit vote in June.
Later, a joint statement issued by the grouping said: “The leaders strongly condemned the heinous acts of terrorism that continue to disrupt global peace and security and undermine social and economic confidence”. He also called for pooling efforts to share technology in the areas of post-harvest and cold chains.
India’s campaign on black money has been mirrored by a push in China to repatriate economic fugitives as part of Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption.
She also underlined the importance Britain attaches to the Indian diaspora.
The fact that she had deputed three Ministers to India – Preeti Patel, Alok Sharma, and Greg Clarke showed the priority she attached to India, Swarup said.
The leaders underlined the importance of strengthening BRICS strategic partnership “guided by principles of openness, solidarity, equality, mutual understanding, inclusiveness and mutually beneficial cooperation”.
“Decisions of such nature not made so far in advance”, said Minister of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted today. “If the prime minister does not travel to Pakistan due to bilateral tensions, then it will send a wrong signal to Saarc”, Sibal said. Macri recalled his two previous visits to India, as a tourist and as a Mayor.
Macri thanked Modi for the invitation.
Macri said that Argentina was keen to support the nuclear energy needs of India and stressed on the need to diversify the export of Argentina to India while inviting Indian companies to participate in the exploration of shale gas reserves in Argentina.
In another of the thematic sessions at the Summit, the PM spoke about India’s support to a trade facilitation agreement (TFA) for services, a move that will help in movement of professionals. “BRICS is a test of a China’s new philosophy in worldwide relations – although the fruit will take a long time to ripen”, Zhu said.
“We certainly face attack but from cross-border terrorism”. India has been advocating governance reforms in the International Monetary Fund to ensure its credibility, legitimacy and effectiveness.
The G20 is an global forum for governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies. As a result, the BRICS countries have established a new cooperative mechanism that promotes political, security governance structure reform in the United Nations and in the global financial, monetary, and trade systems.
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The G20 heads of government or heads of state periodically gather at summits since their initial meeting in 2008.
