Overview

• Modi’s July 2–9 trip will include stops in Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Brazil and Namibia with agendas now confirmed for each leg
• He will make the first Indian prime ministerial visits to Ghana in over three decades and to Trinidad & Tobago since 1999, focusing on energy, defence, development and diaspora ties
• The 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 6–7 will bring together ten member countries to discuss economic cooperation, multilateral reforms, artificial intelligence, climate action and counterterrorism
• Russia will send Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and China will be represented by Premier Li Qiang, marking the first absence of Presidents Putin and Xi at the BRICS summit
• The tour underscores India’s strategic autonomy and its push for global governance reforms against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions