India’s Ministry of External Affairs explains non-participation in BRICS Naval Exercise, emphasizing it was a South Africa-led initiative excluding some BRICS members.
India clarifies non-participation in South Africa’s naval exercise involving some BRICS members, emphasizing its non-institutional status within the grouping.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs clarifies that a recent South Africa-initiated naval exercise was not an official BRICS activity.
India declined participation in a South African-led naval exercise involving BRICS nations, citing lack of institutional status under BRICS frameworks.
India and Brazil declined to participate in the South Africa-led naval exercise involving some BRICS members.
India and Brazil opted out of a South Africa-led naval exercise involving China, Russia, and Iran, with India emphasizing its participation in the separate IBSAMAR framework instead.
Indian Ministry of External Affairs clarifies that the BRICS Naval Exercise was a South African initiative not officially recognized as a regular BRICS activity.
First naval exercises under ‘Brics plus’ banner involve Brazil, Egypt, China, Russia, and South Africa, with India notably absent.
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