Goa Declaration Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/goa-declaration/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Goa Declaration Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/goa-declaration/ 32 32 Terrorism all the way at BRICS summit https://jjcornish.com/2016/10/terrorism-way-brics-summit/ Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/10/terrorism-way-brics-summit/ BRICS summit host Narendra Modi describes Pakistan as the mother ship of terrorism that posed a direct threat to the eco prosperity”of the region However the Goa Declaration issued after the gathering of five emerging powers including South Africa  did not mention cross-border terrorism mainly due to China’s resistance The theme was terrorism all the […]

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]]> BRICS summit host Narendra Modi describes Pakistan as the mother ship of terrorism that posed a direct threat to the eco prosperity”of the region

However the Goa Declaration issued after the gathering of five emerging powers including South Africa  did not mention cross-border terrorism mainly due to China’s resistance

The theme was terrorism all the way at the BRICS summit meeting in Goa.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the forum to keep up his attack on Pakistan after a border dispute.

Modi’s using  multilateral forums to lash out at Pakistan for supporting terrorism.

He insisted there was unanimity within BRICS on the issue of terrorism.

But the Chinese articulation was more muted. Speaking during the plenary session, President Xi Jinping said it was imperative to step up coordination on major international issues, regional hotspots and find a political solution to these.

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