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NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi spoke to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva connected Thursday and reviewed advancement successful the India-Brazil strategical partnership, portion besides underlining the value of bilateral practice for the Global South.
Modi besides told Lula - who, successful the mediate of a tariff spat with the US past year, had said that helium was going to sojourn India successful aboriginal 2026 -- that helium was looking guardant to welcoming him soon.Lula, who dialled Modi, volition sojourn India from Feb 19 to 21. He is besides expected to instrumentality portion successful the AI acme during his visit. In the 45-minute conversation, the leaders pledged to enactment unneurotic for UNSC reforms and reaffirmed their committedness to bid successful Gaza and to multilateralism. "Glad to talk with President Lula. We reviewed the beardown momentum successful the India-Brazil Strategic Partnership, which is poised to standard caller heights successful the twelvemonth ahead. Our adjacent practice is captious for advancing the shared interests of the Global South. I look guardant to welcoming him to India soon," said Modi successful a station connected X.India and Brazil are some founding members of BRICS, and Lula is expected to sojourn India again aboriginal this twelvemonth for the acme that India volition big nether its presidency.
Like India, Brazil was slapped with 50% tariff by the Trump medication past twelvemonth aft a diplomatic falling-out betwixt the 2 sides.Both countries person truthful acold not accepted President Donald Trump's invitation to articulation his Board of Peace for ending the Gaza struggle and ensuring lasting peace. A vocal professional of Trump's tariff policies, Lula accused the US president this week of trying to regularisation the satellite done societal media. The Brazilian president had called Modi successful August past twelvemonth to sermon "imposition of unilateral tariffs" and the request to support multilateralism."The 2 leaders reaffirmed their committedness to further fortify the India-Brazil Strategic Partnership and instrumentality it to adjacent greater heights successful the twelvemonth ahead," said the Indian govt successful a statement."Recalling their meetings past twelvemonth successful Brasilia and South Africa, the 2 leaders noted with restitution the important advancement achieved crossed divers areas of bilateral cooperation, including commercialized and investment, technology, defence, energy, health, agriculture and people-to-people ties," it added.The leaders besides exchanged views connected determination and planetary issues of communal interest. They besides underscored the value of reformed multilateralism successful addressing shared challenges, according to the Indian readout.
