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India, Brazil, South Africa to hold summit this month
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 9, 2007 India, Brazil and South Africa will hold a summit next week in Johannesburg to bolster ties among the three emerging powerhouses and review deadlocked global trade talks, an official said Tuesday. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki held their maiden summit in September 2006 in Brasilia. The October 17 meeting is crucial for India, which is seeking support from the 44-member Nuclear Suppliers Group -- of which Brazil and South Africa are members -- for a nuclear energy deal it hopes to clinch with the United States. "Both Brazil and South Africa are supportive of India's quest for nuclear energy," senior foreign ministry official Nadim Suri said, referring to the deal, which communist allies of Singh's government want to torpedo. The India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum -- IBSA -- was launched in 2003. During its first summit, the three countries pledged to boost trilateral trade to 15 billion dollars by 2010 from the current 10 billion dollars. "The second summit will endorse that goal," Suri said. The three countries will also sign an array of agreements after the one-day meeting in South Africa and hold one-to-one talks on its sidelines, he added. The three countries are also key players in deadlocked global trade talks. Indian official Suri said IBSA had a "shared view" on ways to resolve the impasse at the 150-member World Trade Organisation (WTO). IBSA has urged the WTO to settle the deadlock linked to farm subsidies given by rich nations and agricultural import barriers. It argues that cutting farm subsidies is of vital importance for the well-being of impoverished populations. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Civil Nuclear Energy Science, Technology and News Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
India's troubled coalition meets over nuclear tensions
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 9, 2007A crisis in India's coalition appeared to ease Tuesday after politicians agreed to more talks on a nuclear energy pact with the United States that has threatened to tear the government apart. |
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