Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during his address at BRICS Summit that Terrorism is the biggest problem the world is facing today, and the countries that support terrorism and assist terrorists should be equally held responsible.
The 12th BRICS Summit 2020 is being hosted virtually by Russia this year on Tuesday ( Nov 17, 2020) due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Summit included leaders of Brazil, Russia, China, and South Africa.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese Xi Jinping, South African President Ramaphosa and Brazilian President Bolsonaro made their virtual presence.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address at the summit said that Terrorism is the biggest problem the world is facing today. He stated that the countries that support terrorism and assist terrorists should be held responsible. He expressed happiness in seeing that the BRICS Counter-Terrorism Strategy has been finalized during the chairmanship of Russia. “This is an important achievement, and India will pursue this task further during its presidency”, he said.
Speaking about the BRICS economies, he said it will play an important role in the global recovery after COVID. “We have more than 42 percent of the world’s population, and our countries are among the main engines of global economy. There is a lot of scope for increasing mutual trade between BRICS countries.”
“Our mutual institutions and systems – such as BRICS Inter-Bank Cooperation Mechanism, New Development Bank, Contingent Reserve Arrangement and Customs Cooperation – can also make our contribution effective in global recovery.”
In India, we have started a comprehensive reform process under the ‘Self-reliant India’ campaign. The campaign is based on the theme that a self-reliant and resilient India can be a Force Multiplier for the post-COVID economy. And global value chains can make a strong contribution.”
“We also saw this during COVID, when we were able to deliver essential medicines to more than 150 countries due to the capability of the Indian pharma industry.”
As I have said earlier, our vaccine production and delivery capacity will also serve the benefit of humanity. India and South Africa have proposed to be exempted from Intellectual Property agreements relating to COVID-19 vaccine, treatment and investigation. We hope that other BRICS countries will also support this.
“During its BRICS chairmanship, India will work on enhancing BRICS collaboration in digital health and traditional medicine.”