Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Sunday.
The meeting came as leaders of BRICS member and partner countries gathered for the second day of the summit.
Earlier, PM Modi and President El-Sisi joined other BRICS leaders, partner countries, outreach invitees and heads of international organisations for the summit’s family photo.
The Egyptian President had attended the gala dinner hosted by PM Modi for BRICS leaders at Bharat Mandapam on Saturday evening.
The leaders’ meeting came a day after the 11 BRICS member countries unanimously adopted the ‘New Delhi Declaration’.
The declaration commended India for hosting the Outreach/BRICS Plus Dialogue and said the country’s chairship had given ‘new impetus’ to international cooperation and solidarity.
The declaration further reaffirmed the grouping’s commitment to mutual respect, sovereign equality, solidarity, openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and consensus.
India is guiding its BRICS Chairship with the theme, ‘Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability’, reflecting PM Modi’s people-centric vision of ‘Humanity First’.
Egypt is among the 11 BRICS members, alongside Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
BRICS includes partner countries such as Belarus, Cuba, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
President El-Sisi arrived in New Delhi on Friday to attend the summit and was received at the airport by Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth.
The Ministry of External Affairs welcomed his participation, highlighting the deep bonds of friendship between India and Egypt and the two countries’ shared efforts to strengthen the BRICS partnership.
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