New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left here Sunday afternoon for Frankfurt en route to Brasilia for a two-day trip to Brazil, the first by an Indian prime minister to South America's largest nation in 38 years.

Joining him in Brazil will be Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath and Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma who have travelled ahead of the delegation.

Foreign Secretary-designate Shiv Shankar Menon will join the prime minister in Havana in time for Manmohan Singh's meeting with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.

The three-nation IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) Summit takes place Wednesday, before the prime minister goes to Cuba. He returns to the capital Sep 18.