BRICS countries need to further enhance
coordination: Manmohan Singh
Tuesday April 12, 2011 10:12:53 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said the BRICS countries
(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) should combine
their "huge potential" to continue enhancing their coordination on
major issues of common concern.
BRICS countries should coordinate better on issues such as the
world economy, the democratic and equitable world order and global
governance reform, Manmohan Singh told Xinhua prior to the BRICS
summit in China.
The third BRICS summit will be held Thursday in Sanya, China's
southern Hainan province.
Cooperation among BRICS members should aim at improving the
economic well-being of their people.
"We could, for example, share experiences on the management of
large urban cities," he said.
"We should also enhance dialogues and exchanges among our civil
societies, media, businesses, scholars and youths."
As BRICS countries are all members of the current UN Security
Council, they should "shape and guide the international discourse
on issues of importance to us", he said.
Manmohan Singh said India warmly welcomed South Africa to BRICS
and added that its presence would lend weight to the grouping.
BRICS can contribute to the development of Africa and articulate
its priorities at international forums, which will benefit not
just Africa but the entire world, he said.
The Indian prime minister said he was very happy that the third
BRICS summit was taking place for the first time in Asia.
"This is a matter of great encouragement for all BRICS countries."
"We have a substantive agenda for the summit. That includes
discussions on the international situation, international economic
and financial issues, development and sectoral cooperation. I look
forward to reviewing the decisions we took at the last G-20 summit
in Seoul," Manmohan Singh said.
On cooperation with China, Manmohan Singh said India and China
"are both witnessing rapid growth, addressing the aspirations of
our peoples and stimulating global demand".
"Our shared objective remains to ensure sustainable and balanced
growth of the world economy and employment creation," he said,
adding that the two largest developing countries in the world bear
important responsibilities of ensuring their all-round and
sustainable socio-economic development.
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