Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [Images] arrived with his wife Gursharan Kaur at the Johannesburg International Airport on Tuesday to attend the India, Brazil [Images] and South Africa summit in Pretoria.

South African President Thabo Mbeki will on Wednesday, in a historic first, host Dr Singh of India and Brazilian President Lula da Silva for the strategic trilateral India-Brazil-South Africa Summit at the presidential guesthouse in Pretoria.

This will be the first time South Africa hosts the IBSA Summit since its inception.

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