‘Diplomatic breakthrough’, ‘clear message’: Several strategic affairs experts hail BRICS declaration

Source: ThePrint | Original Published At: 2026-09-14 15:17:00 UTC

Key Points

• Several strategic affairs experts described the BRICS Summit joint declaration as a diplomatic breakthrough for India, achieved under India’s chairship.
• Negotiations on the declaration continued until late hours because Iran and the United Arab Emirates initially hardened their positions.
• BRICS reaffirmed zero tolerance toward all forms of terrorism and condemned the Pahalgam terror attack.
• The declaration called for maximum restraint in West Asia and was characterized as non-Western rather than anti-Western.
• Key outcomes included focus on national-currency settlements, faster cross-border payments, resilient supply chains, digital public infrastructure, health, food and energy security, and reform of the UN, IMF and World Bank.
• BRICS leaders also supported protection of cultural heritage and repatriation of antiquities and objects of spiritual, ancestral, historical and cultural value.