BRICS Summit: What’s on the Agenda?
Source: The Hindu Business Line | Original Published At: 2026-09-11 10:53:29 UTC
Key Points
- India hosts the two-day BRICS summit in New Delhi, with leaders and representatives from member and partner countries attending.
- India’s BRICS chairship emphasizes resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability, with a focus on food, energy, supply chain security and protecting developing economies from conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia.
- The summit agenda includes trade, investment, connectivity, high technology and strengthening intra-BRICS cooperation across political-security, economic-financial and people-to-people pillars.
- Leaders of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, World Health Organization, New Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are attending the summit.
- A joint statement remains uncertain due to differing positions between Iran and the United Arab Emirates over the West Asia crisis and maritime navigation.
- The summit is scheduled to conclude with the release of the New Delhi Declaration and includes sessions on inclusive global governance and multilateralism.