5-Nation Visit: Security, Minerals on PM Agenda

Garnering support for India's campaign against terror, security cooperation and collaboration on critical minerals will be in focus during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's five-nation tour from July 2, and officials said on Monday the leaders' declaration at the Brics Summit in Brazil is expected to denounce the Pahalgam attack and call for concerted action against terrorism.

- Rezaul H Laskar

NEW DELHI:

Modi is set to travel to Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil and Namibia—all seen as part of the Global South—during July 2-9, with the main engagement of the visit being the Brics Summit in Rio de Janeiro during July 6-7. Bolstering defence and security cooperation and ramping up trade and investment will be a key part of Modi's discussions with leaders of all five countries.

India has made a global diplomatic outreach to gain support for its campaign against cross-border terror since it launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 to target terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan in retaliation for the Pahalgam attack on April 22 that killed 26 civilians. Dammu Ravi, secretary (economic relations) in the external affairs ministry, told a media briefing the leaders' declaration of the Brics Summit being hosted by Brazil is expected to echo India's call for concerted global action against terrorism.