PM Modi’s Longest Foreign Tour Yet: 5 Nations, BRICS Summit, and Strategic Ties on Agenda

1 July, 2025:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start a five-nation diplomatic tour from July 2 to 9. This trip will be his longest overseas visit in the past decade. The week-long journey will take him to two continents, with stops in Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the tour will kick off in Ghana. After that, the Prime Minister will head to Trinidad and Tobago, followed by a visit to Argentina. Next, he will go to Brazil to attend the 17th BRICS Summit in 2025, wrapping up the trip in Namibia. 

This will be Prime Minister Modi’s second five-nation tour during his time in office. The first one happened in 2016 and included the United States, Mexico, Switzerland, Qatar, and Afghanistan. Unlike that trip, this upcoming tour will feature an extended four-day stay in Brazil; first for the BRICS Summit and then for a state visit.

Defence, rare earth minerals, counter-terrorism cooperation, and south-south collaboration will be key topics during these visits. 

Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Ghana will be his first since he took office a decade ago and marks the first by an Indian prime minister in 30 years. He is expected to support the creation of a vaccine hub and will also speak at the Ghanaian Parliament.

On July 3, Modi will arrive in Trinidad and Tobago for the first Prime Minister-level bilateral visit there since 1999. This trip aligns with the 180th anniversary of Indian immigrants arriving in the island nation and aims to strengthen longstanding ties. In a symbolic act, Modi will address a joint session of Parliament.

Argentina will be the third stop on this tour, where the Prime Minister is visiting at the invitation of President Javier Milei. The two leaders will discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in areas like defence, agriculture, mining, oil and gas, renewable energy, trade, and investment.

After Argentina, Modi will go to Brazil for the 17th BRICS Summit. It will be his fourth visit to the country. At the summit, he plans to highlight issues related to terrorism, citing recent events such as the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor.

The last stop on the tour will be Namibia, marking the first visit by an Indian prime minister in 27 years. Modi will meet with President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and speak at the Namibian Parliament. 

One main area of focus for this visit will be implementing India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in Namibia. This initiative is part of India's digital payment efforts, which are already in place in countries like Bhutan, Mauritius, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, France, and the UAE. 

Reports indicate that a significant emphasis during the Brazil segment of the visit will be on strengthening defence production ties. Brazil has shown interest in various Indian defence technologies, including secure battlefield communication systems, the Akash surface-to-air missile system (recently used in Operation Sindoor), coastal surveillance systems, offshore patrol vessels, Garuda artillery systems, and maintenance partnerships for Scorpene-class submarines.