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IBSA summit
The 2010 IBSA summit took place in Brasília, Brazil on April 15, 2010. The meeting took place between the three heads of government from the IBSA states. This was the fourth such meeting.The IBSA grouping was a result of the need for South-South co-operation as envision by the bigger players for the each region in the hemisphere. This year's summit marked the return to the founding location of the grouping.
This meeting to place on the sidelines of the larger BRIC gathering also in Brasília.
Trade between the IBSA grouping went from US$2.6 billion in 2002 to US$11.9 billion in 2009.
The leaders discussed various issues including the Iran and nuclear weapons, the Middle East conflict, the furtherance of IBSA, reconstruction of Haiti through the IBSA Fund for Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger, and cooperation in science and technology.
Additionally, other meets occurred on the side between April 12 to 15 such as: the IBSA Academic Forum; the 15th IBSA Focal Points Meeting; a meeting between IBSA Focal Points and the United Nations Development Program; the IBSA parliamentary forum; a round table on local governance; the IBSA Women’s Forum; the IBSA Editor’s Forum; the IBSA Small Business CEOs meeting; and an exhibition on the IBSA Fund.
Iran
The IBSA leaders called for more talks on the Iranian nuclear weapon issue.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_IBSA_summit#cite_note-minforaff-1"><span><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></span></a>
