Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Brazil from Nov. 13-14 to attend an annual summit of BRICS, a grouping of five countries, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday.
The BRICS comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs TS Tirumurti told reporters that the leaders at the summit will deliberate on boosting overall cooperation among the member nations.
Brazil is the current chair of the grouping which represents over 3.6 billion people, or half of the world population and they have a combined nominal Gross Domestic Product of $ 16.6 trillion.
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