GOA (Web Desk) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s escalated his diplomatic drive to isolate Pakistan at the BRICS summit.
Modi said a country in India’s neighbourhood had links to “terror modules” around the world, which the emerging nations club of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa should strongly condemn.
“In our region, terrorism poses a grave threat to peace, security and development,” Modi said at the BRICS summit attended by China, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa among others.
“It is a mindset we strongly condemn. And against which we as BRICS need to stand and act together. BRICS must speak in one voice against this threat,” he said.
In their joint statement later Sunday, the BRICS leaders condemned recent attacks against some of its members “including that in India” but made no mention of Pakistan.
“We strongly condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and stressed that there can be no justification whatsoever for any acts of terrorism, whether based upon ideological, religious, political, racial, ethnic or any other reasons,” the statement said.
China enjoys strong relations with Pakistan where it is pursuing a series of infrastructure projects, while Russia is pushing to forge closer defence ties with Islamabad.
Chinese President Xi Jinping made no commitments on terrorism during a bilateral meeting with Modi on Saturday before the BRICS summit, although an Indian official said they agreed to cooperate on preventing terrorism.
