India–Africa Forum Summit | |
 Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and the Leaders of African nations in the Family Photograph | |
| Abbreviation | IAFS |
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| Formation | 8 April 2008 |
| Founder |  Manmohan Singh |
| Founded at | New Delhi,India |
| Type | International forum |
| Purpose | Political |
| Fields | International politics |
| Funding | Attendee states |
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TheIndia–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) is the official platform for theAfrican-Indian relations. IAFS is supposed be held once in every three years, however the rule has not been strictly followed. It was first held from April 4 to April 8, 2008 inNew Delhi,India. It was the first such meeting between the heads of state and government of India and 14 countries ofAfrica chosen by theAfrican Union.Libya andEgypt's heads of state did not attend.
Risingoil andfood prices were the top concerns for the African and Indian leaders during the summit.[1]India has pledged to support at the level of health and education related projects in Africa
The first such summit was held from April 4 to April 8, 2008 inNew Delhi, India. It was the first such meeting between the heads of state and government of India and 14 countries of Africa chosen by theAfrican Union.Libya andEgypt's heads of state did not attend.
The second summit was held at the Ethiopian capitalAddis Ababa, with India and 15 African Countries participating. The leaders discussed significant aspects of the India-Africa partnership with the objective of enhancing and widening its ambit for mutual benefit.
The third summit in a rotation basis is held inNew Delhi, India from 26 to 30 October 2015.[2] The 5 day summit started with consultations on official level followed by the Head of States/governments level summit on 29 October 2015 with scheduled bilateral meetings on 30 October 2015.[3] This was Modi government's biggest diplomatic outreach involving delegates from a large number ofAfrican nations.[4]
Earlier the summit in a rotation basis was scheduled to be held inNew Delhi, India in December 2014. But latelySyed Akbaruddin, the official spokesperson ofIndian Foreign Ministry told the media that the scheduled summit postponed to 2015 and will include more no. of African leaders unlike previous two occasion where the event was restricted to only 10-15 African countries. In the largest-ever turnout of African leaders in India, at least 41 leaders-including South African presidentJacob Zuma, Egyptian presidentAbdel Fattah el-Sisi, Zimbabwe presidentRobert Mugabe and Nigerian PresidentMuhammadu Buhari confirmed their presence inNew Delhi for the India-Africa forum summit in October 2015.[5][6]
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