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As BRICS Turns 20, India Aims to Deliver a Chairship of Substance

As Brics turns 20, India aims to deliver a chairship of substance
Countries
IndiaUnited Arab Emirates
Cooperation areas
Economic GrowthInclusive MultilateralismInstitutional DevelopmentPeople-to-People ExchangeSustainable Development

Source: The National | Original Published At: 2026-09-11 09:00:19 UTC

Key Points

  • BRICS leaders meet in New Delhi for the grouping's 18th summit in the year BRICS completes two decades and during the first full year of India's chairship of enlarged BRICS.
  • India's chairship theme is "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Co-operation and Sustainability," supported by four working pillars.
  • India held more than 400 meetings across 35 ministerial and heads-of-agency tracks, with additional sherpa, working group, business and people-to-people engagements in about 30 cities.
  • BRICS outcomes during India's chairship include BRICS AgriN, centres of excellence on agro-ecology and smart grids and energy storage, BRICS Connect, a healthy lifestyle mission, and cooperation frameworks on standardisation, logistics and supply chains.
  • The UAE participated at senior and ministerial levels in BRICS foreign affairs, energy, labour, trade, tourism, youth and environment meetings.
  • UAE contributions included endorsing the energy ministerial communique, supporting the Hydrogen Value Chains Report, participating in the Jaipur tourism declaration, and backing a BRICS tourism solutions exchange platform.
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