India is no longer "lumbering around at a relatively slow pace", External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said as he concluded his three-day visit to South Africa for a conclave of the five-nation BRICS grouping.
Speaking at a reception hosted by the local diaspora and expatriate community in Cape Town in his honour Saturday evening, he also spoke about the special relationship between India and South Africa, which would celebrate 30 years of new diplomatic ties.
The Minister was in the city with his counterparts from Brazil, Russia, China for the BRICS bloc meeting hosted by South Africa.
