Consider the following statements regarding the India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS): 1. The summit held in 2015 marked the third edition of the IAFS. 2. The IAFS mechanism was instituted under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: The Third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-III) was hosted in New Delhi in October 2015. The first and second summits were held in 2008 (New Delhi) and 2011 (Addis Ababa), respectively, making the 2015 event the third edition. Statement 2 is incorrect: The India-Africa Forum Summit was institutionalized in 2008 to serve as the official platform for African-Indian relations. While Jawaharlal Nehru was a pioneer of Afro-Asian solidarity (e.g., the Asian Relations Conference of 1947), the IAFS is a distinct 21st-century initiative and was not established in 1951.