Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Yamandu Orsi, on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
During their meeting, the two leaders held wide-ranging discussions covering the full spectrum of bilateral relations. They reviewed cooperation in areas such as digital collaboration, information and communication technology (ICT), Digital Public Infrastructure and Unified Payments Interface (UPI), defence, railways, health and pharmaceuticals, agriculture, energy, culture, and people-to-people exchanges.
A major focus of their talks was on strengthening bilateral trade and investment. Both sides expressed keen interest in expanding the India-MERCOSUR Preferential Trade Agreement, aiming to unlock greater economic potential and harness trade complementarities between India and Uruguay.
The Prime Minister also conveyed his gratitude to President Orsi for Uruguay’s strong condemnation of the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam and appreciated the country’s solidarity with India in the fight against terrorism in all its forms.
The meeting reaffirmed the commitment of both countries to build a forward-looking and robust bilateral partnership.
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