The India and Africa Forum Summit (IAFS), 2015 has adopted a Delhi Declaration 2015 and India-Africa Framework for Strategic Cooperation. Consider the following statements about India- African Forum summit:
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
All of these
India-Africa summits started from 2008 with New Delhi. It is held every three years, alternately in India and Africa. Second summit was held in Addis Ababa in 2011. The third summit, scheduled to be held in 2014, was postponed because of the Ebola outbreak, and took place in October 2015.
Importance of 2015 Summit
The India-Africa summit has done away with the so called Banjul Formula. It meant that India would invite only 15 heads of state or government through the African Union. And all 54 nations of AU were represented. The India–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) is the official platform for the African-Indian relations