Watch: After family photo, PM Modi & Brics leaders plant trees at Bharat Mandapam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BRICS leaders participated in a joint tree plantation and posed for a family photo at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The group successfully adopted a joint declaration focusing on fair competition and sustainable energy after resolving internal conflicts regarding the West Asia crisis.
Why it matters
The adoption of the New Delhi Declaration demonstrates the group's ability to maintain consensus and diplomatic cohesion despite geopolitical tensions among its members.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of Brics member countries on Saturday participated in a joint tree plantation at the lawns outside Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, where the 18th Brics Summit is being held.The leaders also posed together for a family photograph as part of the summit proceedings.This came as the Brics grouping on Saturday adopted a joint declaration by consensus, overcoming sharp differences between Iran and the UAE over the West Asia conflict following a series of back-channel negotiations.PM Modi announced the adoption of the declaration at the end of the opening day’s deliberations of the two-day India-hosted summit.The New Delhi Declaration, stated that the grouping would strengthen cooperation while respecting the national priorities, laws and regulations of individual member states.“We reaffirm our commitment to deepen cooperation in the field of competition law and policy among BRICS…
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