Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed the BRICS summit in Kazan where he called upon the countries to unite against terrorism and terror financing. He also stressed upon the need for reforms in global institutions like UN Security Council which has been facing backlash for its failure to stop the Israel-Gaza war.
“We all have to be united and cooperate strongly to deal with terrorism and terror financing. There is no place for double standards in such a issue. We should take active steps to prevent radicalization among the youth of our countries”, he said.
“We have to work on the pending issue of the comprehensive convention on International Terrorism in the UN,” he added.
PM Modi reached Kazan on Tuesday to attend the 16th BRICS Summit. He held bilateral meeting with Russian President Putin where he said that India is ready to provide help to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Modi on Global Conflicts
At a time when West Asia, parts of Europe (Russia-Ukraine) and Africa is struggling with humanity crisis, PM Modi called upon the need for solution through dialogue and diplomacy instead of war.
” Our meeting is taking place at a time when the world is surrounded by many challenges like wars, conflicts, economic uncertainty, climate change, terrorism. There is talk of North-South and East-West divide in the world,” he said.
” We should give the message to the world that BRICS is not divisive but a public interest group,” he added.
PM Modi on BRICS role in global institutions
PM Modi said that global institutions needed reforms and BRICS should resort to bringing changes in these institutions rather than replacing them.
“We should move forward in a timely manner for reforms in global institutions like UN Security Council, Multilateral Development Banks, WTO”.
