The UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for urgent UN Security Council reform as the 18th BRICS summit in Delhi adopted a joint statement supporting India and Brazil’s permanent membership bids.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for peace at the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, while the summit’s joint declaration addressed tensions in the Middle East, Gaza and Sudan.
India’s 2026 BRICS chairship moved the grouping from a May foreign ministers’ deadlock to a unanimous September New Delhi Declaration through multi-level consultations and consensus language.
India’s government said no BRICS common currency proposal is under consideration, while local-currency settlement remains a practical focus for reducing trade transaction costs.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised BRICS leaders for their support of multilateralism and global health cooperation as reflected in the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the 2026 BRICS Summit.
BRICS also expressed serious concern over deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived for an expanded BRICS+ session held within the BRICS summit in India.
As BRICS enters its third decade, China sees technology, climate change and a greater voice for the Global South shaping its next phase.
BRICS leaders in the New Delhi Declaration rejected unilateral, punitive and discriminatory measures such as CBAM, saying they could harm developing countries’ climate capacity and exports in steel, cement, fertilizer and aluminum.
