Best wishes to FM Naledi Pandor and the Government and people of South Africa on Freedom Day.

Will advance the 🇮🇳 🇿🇦 strategic partnership.
DIRCO South Africa

My Colleague Katlholo Maifadi just reminded me of this picture he took four years back when we had the inaugural #IORADayCelebration . Today we are at Unisa to commemorate #IORADay22024

DIRCO South Africa IORA

Prof Professor Anil Sooklal will give the key note address today. Salman Al Farisi

Thank you Prof Chaturvedi and RIS always a privilege to be hosted by RIS.🙏🙏

A delightful Interaction with Professor Anil Sooklal on G20 Brasil IBSAForum BRICS News
Lessons to refer while growing as a Nation:
Recalibrating Multilateralism.
Re-Emphasis on the Global South.
Exercising Power and Humility.
RIS Sachin Chaturvedi

always a privilege to be received by Prof Sachin Chaturvedi the visionary head of RIS and to be given the privilege to address the eminent scholars and thought leaders of RIS .🙏🙏

Pleased to meet Professor Anil Sooklal DIRCO South Africa and exchange views and organisational notes on India’s successful #G20 Presidency #G20 India.
South Africa will preside over G20 in 2025.
Randhir Jaiswal Indian Diplomacy India in SouthAfrica

South Africa’s BRICS Sherpa Anil Sooklal highlights marginalisation of Africa in the Indo-Pacific Professor Anil Sooklal anil wadhwa Elizabeth Sidiropoulos Sanusha Naidu Rajiv Bhatia Gurjit Singh DIRCO South Africa Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service

Professor Anil Sooklal Professor Anil Sooklal: Secondly, if you look at the security of the #IndoPacific and you don’t include Africa, you will never have security in the Indo-Pacific. Security is interdependent and integrated today – and these are questions I would like for us to reflect on, including the

Honored to moderate a Raisina Dialogue Quad Think Tank Forum discussion on inclusiveness and partnership. Terrific comments by Amb. Professor Anil Sooklal, Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam, Hayley Channer, Prof. Kim Heungchong, and Lynn Kuok.
Many thanks to ORF team for organizing the Forum!…

Yesterday, I had a great conversation with Amb Professor Anil Sooklal and Sanusha Naidu regarding BRICS in 2024. We had an engaging and lively conversation, addressing several issues relevant to BRICS and the Global Order. Check it out! South African Institute of International Affairs

🚨 Join us for an engaging online conversation on the recent expansion of BRICS under South Africa’s leadership. Experts will unpack the achievements and challenges of South Africa’s #BRICS Presidency in 2023 and explore expectations for Russia's presidency in 2024.

📍Register…

Join us for an exciting podcast-style webinar on Feb 15th, 3 PM SAST. I'll be moderating an engaging discussion with Professor Anil Sooklal and Sanusha Naidu on BRICS expansion, South Africa's strategic perspectives, and the path forward. Register now:
saiia.org.za/event/brics-ex…

This is HUGE! Russia will host the BRICS Games 2024 in Kazan on June 11-23.

Now, these are not the first BRICS Games. The very first event took place in 2017 in China. So why is it important now? Easy. When BRICS was first launched, many Western commentators dismissed it as

Amitabh Kant Professor Anil Sooklal Mehdi Jomaa Tony Abbott Tuto Quiroga Feodor Voitolovsky Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士 Nitya Mohan Khemka Kwame Owino Ravi Agrawal Alica Kizekova Benedikt Franke Scott Moe Jo Tyndall Carlos Roa Walter Feichtinger Louise van Schaik Dulciana Somare-Brash .Navdeep Suri, Distinguished Fellow, ORF, India will join us at #RaisinaDialogue 2024 !

Watch this space for more updates.

Feb 21-23 | New Delhi

Details: tinyurl.com/yetz2at9

#Raisina2024 #RaisinaDialogue

🇷🇺 FM Lavrov at a #BRICS sherpa and sous-sherpa meeting:

💬 BRICS expansion was not conceived as a mechanism of world dictate, the countries of the association are open to equal dialogue.

🇷🇺🤝🇿🇦 Congratulations to Ambassador Dr Professor Anil Sooklal on receiving the Order of Friendship from FM Sergey Lavrov at the #BRICS Sherpa/sous-Sherpa Meeting in Moscow for the major contribution made to the development of bilateral and multilateral ties with Russia within BRICS

SFC Outlook 2024｜The #BRICS is undergoing a profound #transformation as it broadens its membership to encompass Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates from the very onset of 2024. Anil Sooklal, South Africa's BRICS Sherpa, in the insightful interview…

South Africa congratulates Russia on assuming the Chairship of BRICS for 2024.We look forward to working closely with the Russian Federation in further advancing BRICS cooperation , including the five new members who officially joined on 1 January 2024.

#BRICSza

I was today conferred with a Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) , Beijing in recognition of my role in promoting South Africa-China relations and BRICS Cooperation. A wonderful honour indeed .Thank you China.🙏🙏