Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday put forward multiple areas — such as the space sector, traditional medicine and technology — for cooperation between the BRICS member nations.
He also affirmed confidence that the BRICS nations will support New Delhi’s initiative of including the African Union in G20 at the summit next month.
Addressing the open plenary session of the 15th BRICS Summit, PM Modi said, “To give a new direction to the BRICS agenda, India put forward suggestions like Railway Research network, close cooperation between MSMEs and online BRICS database start-up forum. To further enhance our close cooperation, I would like to put forward some suggestions”.
PM Modi put forward the suggestion of cooperating in the direction space sector, education, skill development and technology.
“First, cooperation in the space sector. We have already been working on the BRICS Satellite, and now taking a step forward, we should think on the BRICS Space Exploration Consortium. Under this, we can work on issues like space research, weather monitoring, and work for the greater good,” the Prime Minister said.
He added, “My second suggestion is cooperation on education, skill development and technology. To make the grouping a future-ready organisation, we will have to make the societies future-ready. Technology will play an important role in these endeavours.” (ANI)
