IBSA: A band of brothers. Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva,Picture: SAPA stringer
Leaders of the emerging trading block IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) on Wednesday called for the reshaping of the international order.
The successful completion of the World Trade Organisation's Doha round of trade talks, reform of the United Nations and several other international issues dominated discussions between President Thabo Mbeki who hosted his Brazilian counterpart, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in Pretoria.
"We are indeed of one mind that we can't sustain a situation where we get invited to join in the dessert and miss the main meal," Mbeki said in reference to developing countries being invited by developed countries for talks in various forums.
This comes on the heels of a remark by Lula da Silva who blamed the world's rich countries of keeping the "banquet" of world trade benefits to themselves.
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