Meeting of IBSA Foreign Ministers

On September 16, 2020, External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar, chaired the customary meeting of IBSA Foreign Ministers through video conferencing. The ministers adopted the IBSA Joint Ministerial Statement on the Reform of the UN Security Council which will be a common endeavour of the Global South. Key Facts The ministers during the meet agreed, ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020

Category: International Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences

Topics: IBSA • IBSA Dialogue Forum • IBSA summit

India – South Africa relations

The relations between India and South Africa are age old. India was at the forefront in supporting South Africa in its anti apartheid movement in 1946. However, after 1950s the trade and relations were not as good as earlier. It was again restored in 1993 after the opening of cultural center in Johannesburg. Trade flourished ..

Topics: Foreign relations • Foreign relations of Brazil • Foreign relations of India • Foreign relations of South Africa • IBSA • IBSA Dialogue Forum • IBSA summit • International Relations • Politics by country

South Africa hosts 2018 IBSA Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

The IBSA Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in Pretoria, South Africa on June 4, 2018. The External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India, Sushma Swaraj chaired the IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) ministerial meet and hold talks on how to deepen coordination among the three countries on major global issues. On this occasion, Ministers ..

Topics: Foreign relations • Foreign relations of Brazil • Foreign relations of India • Foreign relations of South Africa • History of the Republic of India • IBSA • IBSA Dialogue Forum • IBSA summit • Politics by country

WEF Davos-Declaration

At by-lines of the 42nd assembly of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Trade Ministers forum of IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) met in Davos, in order to retrospect the existing worldwide financial and economic condition. They echoed the fifth Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the IBSA Dialogue Forum that took place in ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012

Topics: Doha Development Round • Economy • Foreign relations of Brazil • Foreign relations of India • Foreign relations of South Africa • IBSA Dialogue Forum • Least developed countries • World Economic Forum • World economy • World Trade Organization

5th IBSA summit, Pretoria and Tshwane Declaration

The President of the Republic of South Africa Jacob Zuma, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India Dr. Manmohan Singh, and the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Ms. Dilma Rousseff met at the Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, on 18 October 2011 for the 5th Summit of Heads of ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011

Category: Summits and Conferences

Topics: Foreign relations of Brazil • Foreign relations of India • Foreign relations of South Africa • Global politics • IBSA • IBSA Dialogue Forum • In Brazil • International Relations • Millennium Development Goals • Monterrey Consensus • Politics by country • Reform of the United Nations Security Council