PM Modi chairs BRICS summit, calls on world leaders to settle Afghan situation peacefully: Takeaway
World leaders on Thursday called for resolving the ongoing situation in Afghanistan by “peaceful means” during the 13th BRICS summit chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The summit was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro.
BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) brings together the five largest developing countries in the world, representing 41 per cent of the global population, 24 per cent of global GDP and 16 per cent of global trade. .
13th BRICS Summit – Takeaways
- The influential group of five countries called for abstaining from violence and a peaceful settlement of the situation. BRICS said, “We call for the avoidance of violence and a peaceful settlement of the situation. We need to contribute to promoting an inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue to ensure stability, civil peace, law and order in the country.” Emphasize it.”
- The group also strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks near Kabul airport, which resulted in a large number of deaths and injuries. “We underline the priority of fighting terrorism, including preventing terrorist organizations from using Afghan territory as terrorist havens and attacks against other countries, as well as preventing the drug trade within Afghanistan. We emphasize the need to address the human condition and to uphold human rights including those of women, children and minorities, BRICS said.
- Referring to the menace of terrorism, BRICS said that it is committed to counter this menace in all its forms and manifestations, including cross-border movement of terrorists.
- The summit also supported the BRICS Counter-Terrorism Action Plan to implement the group’s counter-terrorism strategy, which was adopted by the NSAs of the grouping member states. “We strongly condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, whenever, wherever and by whom,” the statement said.
- Reiterating that terrorism should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilization or ethnic group, the leaders said, “We are determined to further contribute to global efforts to prevent and counter the menace of terrorism on the basis of international respect. reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the law”. It said, “We reject double standards in combating terrorism and extremism conducive to terrorism. We call for the rapid finalization and adoption of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism within the framework of the United Nations.” “
What did PM Modi say?
In his inaugural address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India has received full cooperation from all BRICS partners during his presidency and listed various achievements of the grouping. “Today we are an influential voice for the emerging economies of the world. This platform has also been useful for focusing on the priorities of developing countries,” he said.
He said that BRICS has created strong institutions like New Development Bank, Contingency Reserve Mechanism and Energy Research Cooperation Forum. “These are all very strong institutions,” he said.
“However, it is also important that we do not become too complacent and we must ensure that BRICS becomes even more result oriented in the next 15 years,” he added.
The Prime Minister said that the grouping has achieved several “firsts” and mentioned the recent BRICS Digital Summit being held for the first time.
“This is an innovative step to increase health access with the help of technology. In November, our Water Resources Minister will meet for the first time under the BRICS format. This is also the first time that BRICS has taken a collective position on ‘Multilateral Systems’. To strengthen and improve’,” Modi said.
“We have also adopted the BRICS Anti-Terrorism Action Plan,” he said. The Prime Minister said that trade between BRICS will become easier with the cooperation of Customs Departments. “Agreement has also been reached to start Virtual BRICS Vaccination Research and Development Centre. BRICS Alliance on Green Tourism is also another new initiative,” he said.
What did Vladimir Putin say?
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia stands ready to continue cooperation with its allies in the BRICS grouping in all areas, adding that strengthening cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus is the goal it needs to achieve. The international community is trying.
Addressing the 13th BRICS summit organized by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video link, Putin said that the theme that India has chosen for the meeting and for the whole year is to strengthen cooperation for continuity, consolidation and consensus. The action is quite relevant, Russia’s official TASS news agency reported.
“Indeed, this is the goal the entire international community is facing, and the five BRICS members play an important and remarkable role in achieving this goal,” the Russian president said.
He said that Russia is ready to continue cooperation in all fields with its allies in the BRICS grouping.
“I hope that our work today will be fruitful and fruitful, and I would like to reiterate that Russia is ready to continue close cooperation with all BRICS members in all fields,” Putin said.
What did XI Jinping say?
Chinese President Xi Jinping said that BRICS countries have become an important force on the international stage, as he called for deepening cooperation among member countries to forge closer and more result-oriented partnerships to meet common challenges.
Xi said that over the past 15 years, the five countries have increased strategic communication and political trust in the spirit of openness, inclusivity and equality, respecting each other’s social order and development path, and working together for countries to cooperate with each other. Looking for good ways to communicate with you.
Seeking synergy between its development policies and drawing upon its complementarities, in the spirit of pragmatism, innovation and win-win cooperation, Xi has made solid progress in various areas of cooperation and embarked on a shared journey of development. said.
He said that the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have supported multilateralism and participated in global governance in the spirit of equality, justice and mutual assistance.
“What has happened shows that as long as we put forward our minds and our efforts, we can make smooth, solid and sustained progress in BRICS cooperation,” he was quoted as saying by state-run Xinhua news agency.
China will take over as BRICS chairman and host the 14th BRICS summit next year, Xi said, adding that Beijing is looking forward to working and meeting with BRICS partners to deepen cooperation in all fields, a closer and greater outcome. -Looks forward to building oriented partnerships. Shared challenges and building a better future. (with PTI inputs)
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