At the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, Member Countries Defend Their Vision of Today’s and Tomorrow’s World
Source: L'Opinion | Original Published At: 2026-09-13 09:54:38 UTC
Key Points
- BRICS held its 18th summit in New Delhi, with India serving as the group's chair.
- The 11 member states displayed cohesion and affirmed a common desire to rethink the global order.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured a consensus joint declaration addressing the conflict in the Middle East.
- On 12 September, BRICS members agreed to expand commercial exchanges and payments in local currencies.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin cited intra-BRICS trade at $1.2 trillion and said BRICS was a major engine of global GDP growth.
- Putin called for a common growth platform combining the competitive advantages of BRICS economies.