PM Modi Thanks Brazil at BRICS for Support to India’s NSG Bid

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of Brazil, Michel Temer, in Goa on 17 October 2016. (Photo: IANS)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday thanked Brazilian President Michel Temer for his country's support for "understanding India's aspiration" for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) as the two countries inked four MoUs, including on investment cooperation.

Modi, who met the Brazilian President on the sidelines of the BRICS summit, also thanked Brazil for their support for India's actions against terrorism and for early adoption of the key anti-terror initiative – Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) – at the UN .

We deeply appreciate Brazil’s support for India’s actions in combating terrorism. India and Brazil have agreed that world must come together to fight this menace (terrorism) without distinction or discrimination.

Narendra Modi

Modi, in his media statement, described Brazil as among India's most important economic partners in Latin America.

The bilateral relations between India and Brazil have grown for the better. We have increased interaction at all levels. Brazil is among our most important economic partners in Latin America. We have made progress in opening new areas of cooperation during this visit in drug regulation, agricultural research and cyber security.

Narendra Modi

He said bilaterally and multilaterally, the partnership between India and Brazil is filled with possibilities that India is keen to harvest.

The four MoUs inked are in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry, on pharma products regulation, on cattle genomics and assisted reproductive technologies and on investment cooperation and facilitation treaty.

(With inputs from IANS.)