Consider the following statements : The India-Africa Summit 1. held

Consider the following statements :
The India-Africa Summit

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1. held in 2015 was the third such Summit
2. was actually initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

Answer is Right!

Answer is Wrong!

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UPSC IAS – 2016

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Statement 1 is correct, while statement 2 is incorrect. The first India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) was held in New Delhi in 2008. The second was in Addis Ababa in 2011, and the third was in New Delhi in 2015. Therefore, the 2015 summit was indeed the third such summit.

The India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) is the official platform for the India-Africa partnership. It was established in 2008.

While India under Jawaharlal Nehru was a strong proponent of Afro-Asian solidarity and decolonization, establishing early diplomatic ties with newly independent African nations, the specific format of the ‘India-Africa Forum Summit’ as a structured, recurring meeting between India and African heads of state/government is a modern initiative, not dating back to 1951. The Bandung Conference of 1955 is a significant historical example of Afro-Asian cooperation championed by Nehru.

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