00:00Prime Minister Srininder Mohdiji will be arriving Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on 5th of July and he'll be here for two days.
00:09Thereafter he goes to Brasilia for the state visit.
00:14Brasilia is the capital of Brazil.
00:16And this is a state visit which has utmost importance because it is after 57 years a state visit of Prime Minister of India is taking place to Brazil.
00:25Sir, what is the significance of the 17th week summit?
00:30The BRICS summit this year is chaired by Brazil.
00:33This is the first time there are partner countries which are new partner countries which are participating.
00:38And as has been the core agenda of BRICS, the global governance and financial institution reform that will be continued.
00:47But besides that, Brazil has also added several other subjects for discussion.
00:52And they'll be of course reflected duly in the joint declaration on 6th of July.
00:57This includes global health cooperation, digital cooperation, artificial intelligence, climate change and climate finance.
01:06And of course trade investment and finance is always a subject which is discussed in all such fora.
01:12So there will be very amplified discussions and a joint declaration will be known to us on 6th.
01:19So what will be Prime Minister Modi's main focus during the video?
01:23Prime Minister's main focus will be of course A. to participate in all the sessions, discussions with all the leaders.
01:32He will also reflect India's ideas on all these agenda items.
01:36Besides this, he will also have some bilateral meetings which are being worked out at the moment.
01:42And we'll know by the time he arrives, we'll have a clarity on the program which heads of stage he's going to meet.
01:48So how important is this summit for stenting Indian-Brazil relationship?
01:51Well, India-Brazil are very close countries.
01:55India opened its first embassy in Latin America in 1948.
01:58Since then, we have had very close relationship.
02:02In 2006, we elevated the relationship to strategic partnership.
02:07And since then, we have moved from strength to strength.
02:10The basket of subjects that is on the table between India and Brazil is very amplified now.
02:18We are talking from trade and investment to defence cooperation to agricultural cooperation.
02:24There are a large number of subjects which are being discussed.
02:29And Brazil is very close.
02:33This is, in fact, Prime Minister's fourth visit to Brazil.
02:36He has been here thrice before.
02:37But this is the first time, of course, he's making the state visit.
02:40Sir, what special proposal will India advocate to strengthen India-BRIX collaboration on counterterrorism?
02:47Sir, let me remind you that India, during its presidency of BRICS in 2021, had already got a declaration issued on behalf of BRICS on counterterrorism.
03:00And besides that, we are expecting that an MOU on counterterrorism will be signed between India and Brazil bilaterally during the state visit of Prime Minister.
03:08So what kind of cooperation is expected between India and other BRICS countries at this summit?
03:13Well, the discussion will take place.
03:16The agenda is very clear.
03:17And you will get to know on 6th afternoon when the joint declaration comes out, which will be a very constructive one, as usual, with BRICS countries collaborating with each other for almost two decades now.
03:30And this will be another step towards the right direction.
03:33How is India contributing to the BRICS agenda this year?
03:36Well, we are contributing in the way of collaborating with Brazil.
03:41Brazil and India are like-minded countries.
03:43We are part of Global South.
03:45And we are both in favor of global governance and financial institution reform.
03:49So with China-top leader absent this year, how does India plan to shape Bintra, BRICS, dynamic, and uphold our monuments on collective entities?
03:58Well, as far as my information goes, Prime Minister of China will be participating in the summit.
04:04And of course, all other countries are also participating.
04:07So they collectively will have discussion and reach a consensus.
04:10So how does Prime Minister Modi present impact India's visibility at BRICS?
04:15Prime Minister Modi has not missed a single BRICS summit.
04:20And his commitment towards BRICS is no worse to say.
04:25Because let me recall that Prime Minister's first ever foreign visit out of Indian subcontinent was to Brazil to participate in the BRICS summit in 2014 in Fortaleza.
04:36Sir, is there any special collaboration planned between Indian and Brazilian business running the summit?
04:45You see, as it is, we have $12 billion of trade between the two countries.
04:50There are bilateral investments.
04:53We have invested in Brazil from pharmaceutical to oil and gas to mining.
04:58Indian companies, more than 50 Indian companies are already present in Brazil.
05:02Similarly, Brazil has also invested in India.
05:03And there are many companies which are also exploring further investment opportunities in India.
05:10So this is an ongoing process.
05:12The government's job is to provide a platform, a congenial platform to the private companies, to private sector, so that they can look for more investments.
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