A three-nation visit as a foray into summit diplomacy
The HinduPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nigeria, Brazil, and Guyana was exceptionally well designed to achieve multiple objectives. It was India’s latest foray into summit diplomacy covering three different geographic regions — Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean — and encompassed an extensive interaction on bilateral, regional and global issues. This West African nation’s international heft has been increasing, as evidenced by its presence at the G-20 summit last year at India’s invitation and the BRICS’ invitation to join it as a partner state. The dialogue at Abuja confirmed the two leaders’ assessment that much potential existed for expanding bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, education, energy, health, culture, and people-to-people ties.