Harvansh Chawla, Chairman of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry, highlighted India's importance in the BRICS grouping, stating, "due to the aura and initiatives of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has a significant role to play in BRICS this time."
Speaking about how various global groupings will step up to meet the challenges arising from the US trade tariffs, Carnegie Europe Director Rosa Balfour said that countries and large blocs are coming together to ensure they have a "web of relationships" that can preserve global trade.
Green also noted the significant progress of the Quad grouping, which he said has transformed from "informal meetings to formal summits." With growing commitment among its members, the Quad is now a "key strategic framework," he added. The Quad is a grouping of Australia, India, Japan, and
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Quad cooperation, India, Australia, Japan, and the United States highlighted the grouping's origins in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Emphasising the Quad's evolution from a disaster relief collaboration to a strategic partnership, the
"This region has had in history a great ideational impact on the wider world. And I think even today, a lot of what happens here and around here, I think resonates around the world," Jaishankar said.
African Union, which was inducted as a G20 member during India's presidency, will attend the Brazil meeting of the grouping for the first time as a member, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Wednesday, noting that India will join two of the three pillars of Brazil's flagship initiativ
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday highlighted the significance of QUAD - a four-member grouping, comprising India, US, Japan, and Australia and said that it has a bigger purpose--in shaping a stable global order.
At the 16th BRICS Summit held in Kazan, Russia, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasised the need for deeper financial and economic cooperation among BRICS nations. He called for amplifying the voice of Global South countries and stressed building a peaceful BRICS to ensure global security. X
Lauding the role of BRICS, he further highlighted that the grouping after the inclusion of five new members has become an economy larger than 30 trillion dollars, representing 40 per cent of the world's humanity and 30 per cent of the world's economy.
Noting that the BRICS Summit is taking place at a time when the world is surrounded by many challenges like wars, conflicts, economic uncertainty and climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday said that as a "diverse and inclusive platform", the grouping can play a pos
Russian President Vladimir Putin echoed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stance on BRICS, emphasising that the grouping is not anti-Western but rather non-Western ahead of the group's summit in October.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has spoken out against India's previous involvement in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations, stating that the country was "forced" to join the grouping by the previous government's executive action.