(a) whether the Government has entered into any agreement with Brazil and South Africa in the recent past;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of benefits likely to accrue to our country as a result of the said agreements?
(a) whether the Government has entered into any agreement with Brazil and South Africa in the recent past;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the details of benefits likely to accrue to our country as a result of the said agreements?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
(SHRIMATI PRENEET KAUR)
(a) Yes.
(b) India, Brazil and South Africa signed an MoU on Mutual
Cooperation among the Diplomatic Academies (Foreign Service
Institute from India) of the three countries at the Fifth IBSA
Summit in Pretoria on 18th October, 2011.
(c) The Trilateral MoU aims at enhancing cooperation in capacity
building of diplomats of the three countries.