Both leaders call for
expanding bilateral ties, and stress on the need for reform of the United
Nations
3 MoUs signed
Brasilia
(Brazil) , Brazilian
President Dilma Rousseff hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Brasilia on the
margins of the Sixth BRICS Summit. Although it is not a bilateral visit,
President Rousseff, in a special gesture, received Prime Minister of India with
full military honours at the Presidential palace before their meeting over
breakfast.
Prime Minister warmly congratulated President Rousseff and the people of Brazil
for an excellent FIFA world cup, which showed the World Brazil's excellent
organizational skills and warm hospitality. He thanked President Rousseff for a
well organized and successful BRICS summit, and in particular, arranging a
meeting for BRICS with South American leaders.
Narendra Modi described the sixth summit hosted by Brazil as a historic one,
which has produced two important agreements - the New Development Bank and the
BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement - and lauded President Rousseff for her
guidance during the Summit.
Describing Brazil as a key global partner for India, Prime Minister noted that
as two democracies and major emerging economies, India and Brazil not only had
vast potential for bilateral cooperation, but also to strengthen each other in
international forums and advance the interest of the developing world at large.
He also noted that Gujarat has emerged as a prime driver of India's economic
relations with Brazil.
President Rousseff emphasized the special place this relationship enjoyed in
Brazil's foreign policy, because of the potential for bilateral cooperation and
the international significance of their partnership. She congratulated Shri
Narendra Modi for his impressive victory in the elections and wished him all
success for India's progress and development.
The two leaders recalled the historical and cultural ties between the two
countries, despite the distance, including the Gir cows that were brought to
Brazil from India, the textiles and the fruits that came from India to Brazil
since 18th and 19th centuries.
The two leaders also agreed to take steps to further expand and diversify trade
and investment flows and deepen cooperation in agriculture and dairy science,
conventional and renewable energy, space research and applications, defence,
cyber security and environment conservation. They also agreed to intensify
their cooperation in international forums and multilateral institutions,
including the G20. As leaders of G4 countries, Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi, and President Rousseff called for urgent progress on reforms of the
United Nations, including the Security Council, by the time of the seventieth
anniversary of the UN in 2015.
Prime Minister expressed hope that he would be able to visit Brazil on a full
bilateral visit soon and invited President Rousseff to visit India.
Following their meeting, the two sides signed three agreements:
-MoU on cooperation in the field of environment
-Implementing arrangement establishing cooperation in augmentation of a
Brazilian earth station for receiving and processing data from Indian Remote
Sensing (IRS) Satellites
-MoU on cooperation in the field of mobility and consular issues.
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