BRICS Summit very fruitful, says PM

PM Modi said that BRICS was very productive and all BRICS leaders had fruitful dialogues on cementing ties in areas such as trade, innovation, technology, and culture. BRICS Summit was recently held in Brasilia. BRICS comprises five countries namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Addressing the BRICS Business Council, PM urged BRICS nations and New Development Bank (NDB) to join the global Coalition for Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure. He also called for an early opening of the Regional branch of NDB in India.  PM Modi also urged the BRICS Business Council to create a roadmap to achieve the 500 billion dollar intra- BRICS trade target by the next summit.