New Delhi, July 3 -- Brics is a vital platform for cooperation among emerging economies to create an equitable and balanced multipolar order, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he embarked on a five-nation tour to participate in the Brics Summit in Rio de Janeiro and to forge closer ties with key players in the Global South. Modi will begin the week-long tour in Ghana, and then travel on to Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil and Namibia. Officials have said the leaders' declaration at the Brics Summit in Brazil is expected to denounce the Pahalgam attack and call for concerted global action against terrorism. "I am confident that my visits to the five countries will reinforce our bonds of friendship across the Global South, strengthen our partnerships on both sides of the Atlantic, and deepen engagements in the multilateral platforms such as Brics, the African Union, ECOWAS and CARICOM," he said. While in Ghana during July 2-3, Modi will hold talks with President John Dramani Mahama aimed at opening up new avenues of cooperation in investments, energy, health, security and development. Modi described Trinidad and Tobago, which he will visit during July 3-4, as a "country with which we share deep-rooted historical, cultural and people-to-people connect". He will meet President Christine Carla Kangaloo and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who are both of Indian origin. Modi described Argentina, which he will visit during July 4-5, as a key economic partner in Latin America and a close collaborator in the G20. This will be the first visit by an Indian premier to Argentina in 57 years. He is expected to meet several world leaders on the margins of the Brics summit, following which he will travel to Brasilia for a bilateral visit, the first in nearly six decades. Modi's final destination will be Namibia, and he said he looked forward to meeting President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah....