BRICS Summit in India: Putin Arrives

Source: 20 Minuten | Original Published At: 2026-09-10 23:32:03 UTC

Key Points

• Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi ahead of the BRICS summit.
• The summit brings together heads of state and government of BRICS countries, with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian expected.
• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting the meeting.
• The wars in Ukraine and Iran are expected to be central topics.
• Xi Jinping's visit is his first to India in seven years amid long-standing tensions between the two countries.
• The article notes that BRICS includes China, India, Russia, Iran, Brazil, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates, and was founded in 2009 to give emerging economies greater international weight.