Ufa (Russia), July 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held bilateral talks with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and South Africa’s Jacob Zuma.
Modi, who had met Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping on Wednesday evening, met Dilma and Zuma, the remaining two partners of the BRICS bloc.
The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa summit here.
“Brick by Brick. PM @narendramodi meets @dilmabr of Brazil for a bilateral on the sidelines of @BRICS2015,” tweeted external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup.
“An always deepening bond. PM @narendramodi meets President @SAPresident for the final bilateral of #BRICS2015.”
“Shaping a new horseshoe. PM @narendramodi and President Zuma @SAPresident discuss UN Security Council reform in Ufa,” he tweeted further.