Article by Darshana Jamindar
During July 13-16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accompanied by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will visit BRICS summit to be held in Brazil. Modi will be on 10 days visit to Brazil. Other foreign leaders from BRICS countries would be Russian President Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Jacob Zuma as well as host Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. BRICS Summit is in Fortaleza starting on July 15. The BRICS summit will be followed by a trip to Brazilia, where President Rousseff has invited leaders of South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuala and Surinam to meet with them as well. “At BRICS, we will be hoping for an endorsement of the need for Security Council reform,” as per sources from PMO. A Fortaleza declaration that will include an announcement on the $100 billion dollar BRICS bank is also expected.
