The Indian side, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his officials, pushed for the BRICS summit Goa Declaration to specifically mention "cross border terrorism" that India was faced with and also the names of Pakistani based terror outfits. However, it failed to convince the other member states.
The Goa declaration didn't refer either to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which is headed by Masood Azhar, the man India believes was behind the Pathankot terrorist attack, or the Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD). Saeed is considered to be the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks.
It did, however, name such groups as the Islamic State, Jabat-al-Nasra, the Syrian Islamist rebel group, and other UN designated groups. Amar Sinha, India’s chief negotiator in the BRICS, said that India couldn't get a consensus on naming Pakistan-based terrorist outfits since it doesn't concern all the BRICS countries.
- Despite Modi’s urgings to fellow BRICS leaders, Goa Declaration has no mention of “cross border” nature of terrorism
- Goa Declaration doesn’t mention any of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, like JeM or JuD
- Agreement on BRICS credit rating agency postponed
- Agreement on setting up and Agriculture Research Platform
- Discussions to set up a Railway Research Network
- All members committed to support the NDB, popularly known as BRICS Bank
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