At the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met leaders of Brazil and South Africa to strengthen the IBSA Forum. The three democracies discussed cooperation in security, development, climate-resilient agriculture, digital innovation, and UN reforms.

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IBSA is a trilateral platform of India, Brazil, South Africa.

Created via Brasilia Declaration on 6 June 2003.

No headquarters or secretariat; flexible and dialogue-driven.

Focus areas: political consultation, trilateral projects, Global South development.

IBSA Fund supports poverty reduction; funded 46 projects in 34 nations.

IBSAMAR naval exercise shows defence cooperation; last held Oct 2024.

India proposes NSA-level security dialogue and climate-resilient agriculture fund.

Also proposes Digital Innovation Alliance for sharing platforms like UPI, CoWIN.

IBSA helps India lead Global South without China’s influence.

Major challenges: BRICS overlap, differing foreign policies, low trade, weak institutional structure.