Johannesburg: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Leaders’ Meeting in Johannesburg and discussed trilateral cooperation and commitment of the participating nations to the Global South.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa were also present during the meeting.

South Africa is the current IBSA Chair. IBSA is a unique Forum which brings together India, Brazil and South Africa, three large democracies and major economies from three different continents, facing similar challenges, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The grouping was formalised and named the IBSA Dialogue Forum when the Foreign Ministers of the three countries met in Brasilia on June 6, 2023, and issued the B

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