Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending the Sixth BRICS summit in Brazil on 15-16 July. During his meeting with President Dilma Rousseff, Mr. Modi will review the bilateral relations with Brazil – with which India is committed to a strategic partnership. The Indo-Brazil partnership soared to new heights during the term of visionary Brazilian president Lula in 2003-11. But his successor, Ms Rousseff, has given the least priority to foreign policy, focussing instead on domestic issues .
IBSA, as important if not more, than BRICS for India
R. Viswanathan, Distinguished Fellow, Latin America Studies and the former Indian Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, in an article for the Economic Times writes about how IBSA is as important if not more, than BRICS for India