At the opening plenary session of the 15th BRICS summit in Johannesburg, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for establishing a BRICS space exploration consortium, Report informs via Indian Express.
"We are already working on the BRICS satellite constellation, but to move a step further, we should think about establishing a BRICS space exploration consortium," he said at the leaders’s summit.
While responding to PM Modi's speech, Cyril Ramaphosa said Modi's suggestion should be studied.
He also congratulated India with the successful implementation of the Chamdrayaan-3 mission.
"I would like to congratulate India, particularly as you speak about the need for cooperation in Space, in a few hours India's spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 will be landing on the moon. We congratulate you. This for us, as the BRICS family, is a momentous occasion and we rejoice with you. We join you in the joy of this great achievement..." he said.