PM to Attend Next Week's BRICS Summit in Brazil

PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI will embark on a five-nation tour beginning July 2 to participate in the BRICS Summit in Brazil (July 5-8) and expand India's ties with several key nations of the Global South.

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Besides Brazil, Modi will visit Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia during the eight-day trip, according to the ministry of external affairs (MEA).

In the first leg of the visit, Modi will undertake a visit to Ghana from July 2-3.

In the final leg of his visit, the PM will be on a state visit to Namibia on July 9.

This will be the prime minister's first ever bilateral visit to Ghana. It will be the first prime ministerial visit from India to Ghana in three decades.