NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed the Brics summit in Kazan where he called upon the countries to unite against terrorism and terror financing. He also stressed upon the need for reforms in global institutions like UN Security Council which has been facing backlash for its failure to stop the Israel-Gaza war.
“We all have to be united and cooperate strongly to deal with terrorism and terror financing.There is no place for double standards on such a serious issue. We should take active steps to prevent radicalization among the youth of our countries,” he said.
“We have to work together on the pending issue of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism in the UN,” he added.
PM Modi reached Kazan on Tuesday to attend the 16th Brics summit. He held bilateral meeting with Russian President Putin where he said that India was ready to provide help to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

‘Reform not replace’: PM Modi on Brics role in global institutions

PM Modi said that the global institutions needed reforms and Brics should resort to bringing changes in these institutions rather than replacing them.
“We should move forward in a timely manner for reforms in global institutions like UN Security Council, Multilateral Development Banks, WTO.”
“While taking forward the efforts of Brics, we should keep in mind that the image of this organisation should not be such that we do not want to reform global institutions but want to replace them,” he added.

‘We support dialogue and diplomacy, not war’

At a time when West Asia, parts of Europe (Russia, Ukraine) and Africa is struggling with humanity crisis, PM Modi called upon the need for solution through dialogue and diplomacy instead of war.
“Our meeting is taking place at a time when the world is surrounded by many challenges like wars, conflicts, economic uncertainty, climate change, terrorism. There is talk of North-South and East-West divide in the world,” he said.
“We should give the message to the world that Brics is not a divisive but a public interest group,” he added.

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will visit Russia on Oct 22-23 at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the 16th Brics Summit in Kazan under the chairmanship of Russia, the govt announced on Friday.
While Modi will have a bilateral meeting with Putin on Oct 22, official sources did not confirm if he will also have a bilateral with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will also attend the event.The Indian announcement didn’t name any country but said Modi is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Brics member countries and other invited leaders.
Modi and Xi had an “informal” meeting at the last Brics summit in 2023 in Johannesburg. There was no joint statement and both sides differed on who proposed the meeting.
The Kazan summit, themed ‘Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security’, will provide an important platform for leaders to discuss key global issues, said govt. The Gaza situation is expected to figure prominently in the agenda. Putin has invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the summit and has said the Gaza conflict will be discussed in the meetings.
“The summit will offer a valuable opportunity to assess the progress of initiatives launched by Brics and to identify potential areas for future collaboration,” said govt.
Ahead of the summit, Russian ambassador Denis Alipov said that after Brics membership doubled last year, the group will move towards the establishment of a partner-country category to enable interested states to join practical cooperation.
“We think we must satisfy their expectations that would consolidate Brics potential as a dedicated mechanism to promote the agenda of the Global South. I would not prejudge who exactly will be invited, and what are the criteria, but certainly, those countries should be economically ambitious and oppose illegitimate sanctions against member-states,” said Alipov, speaking in an online conference organised by the Centre for Global India Insights.
A Russian minister was quoted as saying in Islamabad earlier this year that Moscow will back Pakistan’s membership bid.
“I presume we are all against the phantom itching for dictating and restricting cooperation with other nations. The case in point is that geopolitical and practical relevance of Brics is growing not only despite uncertainties but because of them reflecting the demand for a more equitable cooperation in a multipolar environment,” added Alipov.