BRICS leaders call for ‘maximum restraint’ in Middle East

Source: NEWS 24/7 | Original Published At: 2026-09-12 16:07:21 UTC

Key Points

• BRICS leaders meeting in New Delhi called for maximum restraint and avoidance of actions that could worsen tensions in the Middle East, in a joint declaration adopted unanimously by the bloc's 11 member states.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping said the Middle East war does not serve common interests and urged BRICS countries to oppose violations of sovereignty and work to preserve peace.
• Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the Middle East does not need a policeman, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for changing the pyramid of global decision-making into a partnership structure.
• Xi and Modi held a meeting on the sidelines of the summit and committed to resolving border differences honestly, reasonably and in a mutually acceptable way, according to India's foreign ministry.
• BRICS reaffirmed support for a non-discriminatory, open, fair, transparent, equitable, inclusive, predictable and rules-based multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its center.
• The Iranian president and the UAE crown prince met on the summit sidelines, despite the UAE suspending trade and financial transactions with Tehran after Iranian missile strikes.