New Delhi: BRICS has adopted a counter-terrorism action plan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday while leading the virtual peak of five countries’ groupings.
The Summit, organized by India, was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, China’s President XI Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Jair Bolsanaro.
Brics (Brazil-Russian-India-South Africa) brings together the five largest developing countries in the world, representing 41 percent of the global population, 24 percent of Global GDP and 16 percent of global trade.
In his opening comments, Modi said India had received full cooperation from all BRICS partners during his leadership and included various grouping achievements.
“Today we are an influential voice for developing countries in the world.
This platform is also useful for focusing attention to the priority of developing countries as well,” he said.
BRICS has created strong institutions such as new development banks, contingency backup settings and energy research work platforms, modi noted.
“These are all very strong institutions,” he added.
“However, it is also important that we are not too satisfied and we must ensure that BRICS is even more oriented to the results in the next 15 years,” he said.
The Prime Minister said grouping had reached several “first” and referred to the first recent Digital Brics Summit meeting.
“This is an innovative step to improve health access with technology assistance.
In November, our water resources will meet for the first time under the format of BRICS.
This is also the first time that BRICS takes a collective position ‘strengthening and reforming multilateral systems’, “Modi said.
“We have also adopted the plan for the BRICS counter-terrorism action,” he said.
The plan of counter-terrorism is for the implementation of BRICS counter-terrorism strategies and defines the approach and grouping actions towards fighting threats.
The Prime Minister said with cooperation between the customs department, intra-braction trade would be easier.
“There is also a consensus in connection with starting the Research Center and Development of Virtual Brics Vaccination.
The BRICS Alliance in Green Tourism is also another new initiative,” he said.
PMO said Modi expressed his appreciation for cooperation received from BRICS partners during India’s life this year which allowed several new initiatives.
“This includes the first Digital Health Summit; the first statement of BRICS minister about multilateral reform; Plans for Action Counter-Terrorism BRICS; Cooperation agreement in the field of remote sensing satellite; Research and Development Center for Virtual Brics Vaccines; BRICS Alliance on Green Tourism, etc.
, “he said.
Highlighting the main role that can be played by BRICS countries in post-covid global recovery, the Prime Minister calls for Brics’s collaboration that is enhanced by the motto ‘Build-back resiliently, innovatively, credible and sustainable’.
Eguing these themes, Modi emphasized the need to accelerate ‘rebuild’ by increasing the speed and accessibility of vaccination, creating ‘resilience’ by diversifying Pharma and vaccine production capacity outside the world developed, and fostering ‘innovation’ using digital tools creatively For public goodness.
He also talked about ensuring multilateral institutional reforms to increase their credibility and promote sustainable development by articulating general briates on environmental and climate issues.
“Leaders also discuss important regional and global issues, including recent developments in Afghanistan,” PMO said.
“There is a convergence of views about threats caused by the growth of terrorism and extremism, and all BRICS partners agreed to accelerate the implementation of the BRIC action plan on counter-terrorism,” he said.