{"id":362226,"date":"2023-08-29T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/29\/after-chandrayaan-south-africas-ramaphosa-wanted-to-sit-next-to-modi-s-jaishankar\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:23:00","slug":"after-chandrayaan-south-africas-ramaphosa-wanted-to-sit-next-to-modi-s-jaishankar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/29\/after-chandrayaan-south-africas-ramaphosa-wanted-to-sit-next-to-modi-s-jaishankar\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;After Chandrayaan, South Africa&#8217;s Ramaphosa Wanted To Sit Next To Modi&#8221;: S Jaishankar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-08\/van51do_pm-modi-south-african-president-cyril-ramaphosa-twitter_625x300_25_August_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"&quot;After Chandrayaan, South Africa's Ramaphosa Wanted To Sit Next To Modi&quot;: S Jaishankar\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"&quot;After Chandrayaan, South Africa's Ramaphosa Wanted To Sit Next To Modi&quot;: S Jaishankar\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"&quot;After Chandrayaan, South Africa's Ramaphosa Wanted To Sit Next To Modi&quot;: S Jaishankar\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-08\/van51do_pm-modi-south-african-president-cyril-ramaphosa-twitter_625x300_25_August_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-08-29T19:53:48+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=720881&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/29082023_n_SJaishankarOnChandrayaan_119186_70386_5000.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T3M13S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-08\/van51do_pm-modi-south-african-president-cyril-ramaphosa-twitter_625x300_25_August_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=720881&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">The BRICS Summit hosted by South Africa was the first in-person meet since 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/chandrayaan-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chandrayaan-3<\/a>. The answer to the question &#8211; &#8216;Why did South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa want to sit next to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/pm-modi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a> during the BRICS Summit in that country last week?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The $75 million Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission has been acclaimed by space agencies and governments across the world and, as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told NDTV Tuesday, it also prompted several positive reactions from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/brics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BRICS<\/a> leaders during events in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>The South African President &#8211; who hailed the landing as his country&#8217;s own &#8211; declared after the landing he wanted to be seated next to Prime Minister Modi so Chandrayaan&#8217;s &#8216;good vibes&#8217; &#8220;rubs off&#8221; on him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By the time we reached the retreat, there was some talk about Chandrayaan. The next day (August 23, the day of the landing) we did a morning session and then the PM left to join ISRO (via a video link)&#8230; by the second day, even within BRICS talk had shifted to Chandrayaan&#8230;&#8221; Mr Jaishankar said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ |\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/making-absurd-claims-does-not-make-others-territory-yours-s-jaishankar-on-china-4339360#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Absurd Claims Don&#8217;t Make&#8230;&#8221; S Jaishankar To NDTV On China&#8217;s New Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was in a room (attending a BRICS event as Vikram was landing)&#8230; with a big screen in the corner. It was difficult to talk without getting distracted,&#8221; the minister said, &#8220;At some stage President Ramaphosa said, Foreign Minister, you are looking like Chandrayaan is up there (pointing to the screen).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think, by then, it had seeped into peoples&#8217; imagination and, that evening, I must tell you, we were at a BRICS Plus event &#8211; so you had about 50 other countries&#8217; prime ministers and presidents &#8211; and the speech which President Ramaphosa gave on Chandrayaan was like a collective feeling&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In fact, he said, &#8216;I&#8217;m going to sit next to PM Modi and I hope some of it rubs off on me&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ |<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/chandrayaan-3s-landing-is-a-success-of-mankind-pm-modi-at-brics-summit-4325252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chandrayaan-3&#8217;s Landing Is A Success Of Mankind: PM Modi At BRICS Summit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister had earlier given a briefing to other BRICS leaders after Vikram&#8217;s landing, in which he had thanked Mr Ramaphosa for his congratulatory messages, and said, &#8220;&#8230; my friend Ramaphosa has given a lot of praise for India&#8217;s Moon mission. I have been feeling this since yesterday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After thanking Mr Ramaphosa, PM Modi had said, &#8220;It is a matter of pride for us that this success is being accepted not as a limited success of one country but as a significant success of mankind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/topic\/s-jaishankar\">Jaishankar<\/a> stressed on the &#8220;collective feeling&#8221; of joy that Chandrayaan-3 had evoked and said, &#8220;That sentiment was very strong and. at one stage, I remember there was a long U-shaped table with 100-150 people seated. People spontaneously got up so the PM had to walk down the length of table to individually accept congratulations. You had a sense this was not just India&#8217;s achievement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chandrayaan-3&#8217;s successful landing on the Moon meant India joins a select group of nations &#8211; the others are Russia (then the Soviet Republic), the United States and China &#8211; to have completed a soft landing on the lunar surface; landing site was also closer to the Moon&#8217;s South Pole than any other.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ |\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/chandrayaan-3-pragyan-rover-on-moon-live-updates-massive-crater-in-way-isro-reroutes-rover-pragyan-sends-it-on-new-path-4336248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rover Pragyan Faces Large Crater During Moon Walk, Sent On &#8220;New Path&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vikram has since successfully also deployed the six-wheel Pragyan rover, which is deploying scientific payloads and instruments to gather crucial data from the Moon&#8217;s surface and atmosphere before the lunar night &#8211; which lasts for 14 Earth days &#8211; kicks in and forces India&#8217;s Moon mission to conclude.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/s-jaishankar-to-ndtv-chandrayaan-3-g20-summit-brics-after-chandrayaan-south-africas-ramaphosa-wanted-to-sit-next-to-modi-s-jaishankar-4340170\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The BRICS Summit hosted by South Africa was the first in-person meet since 2019. New Delhi: Chandrayaan-3. The answer to the question &#8211; &#8216;Why did South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa want to sit next to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the BRICS Summit in that country last week?&#8221; The $75 million Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":362227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[86969,429684,11836,429685,429686,5083,429683,429653],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}