BRICS Backs India’s Push Against Terrorism, Condemns Pahalgam Attack

Source: Firstpost | Original Published At: 2026-05-16 01:08:11 UTC

Key Points

• At the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, members supported India’s chairship pillars: Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability.
• Ministers condemned terrorism in all forms, including cross-border terrorism, and denounced the 2025 attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.
• BRICS reiterated support for comprehensive UN reform, including Security Council reform, with explicit backing from Russia and China for India’s larger UN role.
• The outcome document included the first BRICS mention of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).
• Members recognized cooperation priorities including digital public infrastructure, climate action, energy, trade, financial inclusion, and global governance reform.
• The meeting ended without a joint statement due to differing views on West Asia, and India issued a chair’s statement instead.