Rio de Janeiro: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, reaffirming their dedication to strengthening bilateral ties between India and Brazil.
The 2 leaders additionally mentioned a variety of sectors, together with power, biofuels, defence, agriculture, and extra, with a concentrate on enhancing cooperation.
Sharing a put up on X, PM Modi wrote, “Held talks with President Lula in the course of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Complimented him on varied efforts of Brazil throughout their G20 Presidency.”
“We took inventory of the complete vary of bilateral ties between our nations and reaffirmed our dedication to enhancing cooperation in sectors like power, biofuels, defence, agriculture and extra,” the put up added.
In the meantime, Ministry of Exterior Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal additionally spoke in regards to the assembly between PM Modi and Brazilian President and stated that PM Modi assured India’s help to Brazil’s initiative of International Alliance in opposition to Starvation and Poverty.
Sharing a put up on X, Jaiswal wrote, “India-Brazil — Constructing ties with an necessary International South companion. PM @narendramodi met President @LulaOficial of Brazil, on the sidelines of the #G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. He thanked President Lula for efficiently internet hosting the #G20 Summit.”
The put up added, “PM assured India’s full help to Brazil’s initiative of ‘International Alliance in opposition to Starvation and Poverty.’ Discussions centered on exploring alternatives for larger cooperation in renewable power, biofuels, defence, agriculture, healthcare, and digital know-how.”
Earlier, PM Modi engaged in essential bilateral conferences and several other interactions. The Prime Minister shared particulars of his discussions by a sequence of posts on X, highlighting his engagements with world leaders together with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Fee.
On assembly the European Fee President, PM Modi stated, “India will maintain working carefully with the EU for world good.”
On the sidelines of the summit, PM Modi held an necessary assembly with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Describing the assembly as “extraordinarily productive,” Modi emphasised the importance of India’s Complete Strategic Partnership with the UK. “Within the coming years, we’re desirous to work carefully in areas similar to know-how, inexperienced power, safety, innovation, and know-how. We additionally wish to add power to commerce in addition to cultural linkages,” PM Modi wrote on social media.
PM Modi additionally met with French President Emmanuel Macron, the place the 2 leaders shared a heat embrace and congratulated one another on the profitable internet hosting of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics earlier this 12 months. Their discussions centred round strengthening cooperation in house, power, synthetic intelligence (AI), and different future-oriented sectors. “We talked about how India and France will maintain working carefully in sectors like house, power, AI, and different such futuristic areas. Our nations may even work carefully to boost people-to-people linkages,” PM Modi shared on X.
In his assembly with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Retailer, PM Modi mentioned methods to enhance funding linkages, significantly in renewable power, inexperienced hydrogen, and the blue economic system. Modi known as the assembly “wonderful” and highlighted how each nations might improve cooperation in innovation and analysis. “Our Arctic Coverage has led to additional cementing of India-Norway bilateral relations,” PM Modi famous.
Moreover, PM Modi held talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, specializing in strengthening defence, safety, commerce, and know-how ties. Modi underscored the significance of the India-Italy relationship, saying, “India-Italy friendship can enormously contribute to a greater planet.”
On the primary day of the G20 Summit, PM Modi had a packed schedule, holding bilateral conferences with leaders from the UK, France, Italy, Norway, Portugal, and Indonesia.
