As rising geopolitical tensions adversely impact ordinary people globally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that BRICS must rise through cooperation and inclusive growth to meet these challenges and blossom for the sake of humanity.
The annual summit of BRICS — a grouping of 11 major emerging economies representing around 49.5 per cent of the global population and 40 per cent of global GDP — concluded with key outcomes across logistics supply chains, start-ups, and infectious disease control. “We may be rooted in different realities, but together, we rise through cooperation and blossom for humanity. The prime minister highlighted how increasing resilience of BRICS nations is important to navigate the fractitious geo-political environment and that New Delhi chairship of the grouping was focused on four pillars: resilience, innovation, cooperation, and sustainability.
In an address at the concluding session of the two-day, India-hosted BRICS summit, the prime minister also flagged serious concerns over the “weaponisation of technology and critical minerals” warning that it could hinder shared progress and prosperity. May our diversity be our identity, our cooperation our inspiration, and our progress serve all of humanity,” Modi said in presence of top leaders of the grouping, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. “I am pleased that, with all your cooperation and support, we have been able to translate our shared vision into win-win cooperation,” he said.
“With this approach, we have agreed on a BRICS Integrated Early Warning System for the prevention of and response to infectious diseases.
Early Warning Data Integration Guidelines have been prepared for disaster management,” he said. For Smart Grids and Energy Storage, we have established the BRICS Digital Centre of Excellence and this will help make clean energy systems more reliable, efficient, and accessible, the prime minister said.
