Officials claim 50 outcomes, but no clarity on united declaration

Source: Times of India | Original Published At: 2026-09-11 23:53:00 UTC

Key Points

• Indian officials said India's BRICS presidency has produced over 50 outcomes across the priority pillars of resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.
• The claimed outcomes include frameworks and action plans from more than 400 meetings held during the year.
• India said the presidency helped advance a consensus on reforming global governance institutions, strengthening multilateralism and supporting India's bid for UN Security Council membership.
• Officials said there was still no clarity on whether the summit would issue a unified declaration because of differences between the United Arab Emirates and Iran over the West Asia situation.
• A foreign minister-level meeting earlier ended without a consensual statement due to discord over West Asia.
• The summit is set to begin with Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a session on strengthening multilateralism.
• Indian government sources said the presidency was a whole-of-nation effort involving central and state governments, institutions, industry, academia, youth and civil society.