Pretoria [South Africa], June 5 (NT): External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swara following her  five-day visit to South Africa met her South African counterpart and discussed bilateral relation.She said the informal summit has given a good opportunity to all the leaders to have in-depth one on one contacts on issues and topics of mutual concern.

Addressing during bilateral talks with South African counterpart Swaraj asserted, "It is now our shared responsibility to ensure implementation of the policy directions given by our leaders at Wuhan with a view to further strengthen our closer developmental partnership."

"Spirit of South-South solidarity and partnership! EAM @SushmaSwaraj with Deputy Foreign Minister from Brazil, Marcos Galvão and South Africa’s Foreign Minister Lindiwe Sisulu! Discussion on Sustainable Development Goals, blue economy, defence cooperation & UNSC reforms followed", Raveesh Kumar EMA tweeted.

On Sunday, Swaraj landed Johannesburg and met with the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to talk about ways of strengthening bilateral partnerships between India and South Africa.

On Monday, she drew attention to the importance of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) association in shaping the global political, economic, and security spheres. She was welcomed by her South African counterpart Lindiwe Sisulu.

On June 6, she is programmed to visit the Phoenix Settlement, a South African Heritage site. This place is well known as Mahatma Gandhi formed his philosophy of non-violence here.

The EAM Swaraj would also take part in a series of events at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on June 6-7 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the "historic incident in the train compartment that became a catalyst for Gandhiji's Satyagraha movement."(NT)