‘India supports dialogue and diplomacy, not war’, said Prime Minister Modi at BRICS summit

‘India supports dialogue and diplomacy, not war’, said Prime Minister Modi at BRICS summit Kazan. At the 16th BRICS summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his old stand on war and said, “India supports dialogue and diplomacy, not war.” At the BRICS summit, he said, “Just as we together defeated a challenge like Covid, in the same way we are fully capable of creating new opportunities for a safe, strong and prosperous future for the coming generation… Similarly, we should work for global rules for cyber security, safe and secure AI.”Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while clearly calling for resolving the Russia-Ukraine dispute through peaceful dialogue, said at the BRICS summit here on Wednesday that India supports dialogue and diplomacy, not war. In his address, Modi expressed concern over challenges like war, economic uncertainty, climate change and terrorism and said that BRICS can play a positive role in taking the world on the right path. He said, “We support dialogue and diplomacy, not war. And just as we were able to overcome a challenge like COVID together, we are certainly capable of creating new opportunities to ensure a safe, strong and prosperous future for future generations.” The 16th BRICS summit is being held in the Russian city of Kazan from 22 to 24 October. Top leaders of the BRICS countries, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, are participating in the summit. Prime Minister Modi also advocated concerted global efforts to combat terrorism and said there should be no “double standards” in fighting this threat. He said, “To combat terrorism and its financing, we need the single, determined support of all. There is no place for double standards on this serious matter. At the same time, Modi said that the countries of the group need to take active steps to prevent radicalism among the youth. He said, “We have to work together on the pending issue of a comprehensive agreement on international terrorism in the United Nations.” Similarly, “we need to work for global regulation for cyber security, safe and secure AI,” he said. Modi said India is ready to welcome new countries in BRICS as partner countries. He said, “All decisions in this regard should be taken unanimously and the views of the founding members of BRICS should be respected.” Modi said, “The guiding principles, standards, norms and procedures adopted during the Johannesburg Summit should be followed by all members and partner countries.” The Prime Minister also advocated reform of the United Nations Security Council and other global bodies. He said, “We must move forward in a time-bound manner on reforms in global institutions like the United Nations Security Council, multilateral development banks and the World Trade Organisation.” Modi said, “While we are pursuing our efforts in BRICS, we must be cautious to ensure that this organisation does not get the image of trying to change global institutions, but rather it should be understood that this organisation wishes to reform them.”