BRICS: India should not use summit to isolate Pakistan says Chinese expert

New Delhi: At eighth BRICS summit, India should not politicise the event to solve its bilateral disputes and not expect member nations to isolate, a Chinese expert has suggested. India should also not brand Pakistan as "supporter of terrorism", he added. "One of the key items at this year's summit will be anti-terrorism. All BRICS members do not want to solve bilateral disputes through politicised multilateral platforms", said Liu Zongy, a senior fellow at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, without naming the two countries. "As for the decades-long Kashmir issue, BRICS countries can only play a mediating role rather than support one side while isolating the other. They cannot simply label a country as "supporter of terrorism," wrote Liu in Global Times. "Hopefully, a close relationship between New Delhi and these countries will promote their linkage with China and pave the way for a win-win scenario," the write up added. It is worth mentioning here that the article has comes days after China indicated that it opposed India's effort at the UN to declare Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as a terrorist. Masood Azhar is the chief plotter of Mumbai and Pathankot terror attacks. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to reach Goa on Friday for the upcoming eighth BRICS Summit and the first ever BRICS-BIMSTEC. "The outreach with BIMSTEC leaders is significant. We hope to tap the huge potential for cooperation and the dividends this will bring," Narendra Modi tweeted. The two-day BRICS event will be held from October 15 to 16. It pertinent to mention here that during the summit in Goa, India may sign Rs 33k crore deal with Russia for most modern missile air defence systems, S-400. And as per reports, Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi will hold their talks ahead of the summit of the grouping of leading emerging economies. During the two-day BRICS summit beginning from Sunday in Goa, India is likely to highlight the issue of terrorism emanating from Pakistan.

Recently, India also conveyed its message to Russia over latter holding a joint military drill with Pakistan.