Overview

• National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met Brazil’s presidential advisor Celso Amorim in New Delhi for the sixth iteration of the Strategic Dialogue.
• Amorim arrived with a delegation of senior Brazilian officials for follow-up consultations on the leaders’ agenda.
• Doval and Amorim reviewed progress in defence and security, energy, rare earths and critical minerals, and health and pharmaceuticals.
• The two sides discussed coordination in multilateral forums including BRICS, IBSA and November’s COP-30 hosted by Brazil.
• Both parties committed to carrying forward implementation of the vision set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Amorim also held a separate meeting with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.