India to not participate in so-called 'BRICS Naval Exercise'; govt gives reason

India has released a statement over comments relating to India's non-participation in a "so-called 'BRICS Naval Exercise'". "We clarify that the exercise in question was entirely a South African initiative in which some BRICS members took part. It was not a regular or institutionalised BRICS activity, nor did all BRICS members take part in it," MEA said.