Putin: Competitors’ Approach to BRICS Is Destructive

Source: RT Arabic | Original Published At: 2026-09-12 22:02:00 UTC

Key Points

• BRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the end of the 18th BRICS summit held in New Delhi, India.
• The declaration focused on reforming the international system, stopping regional conflicts and strengthening independent economic cooperation among member states.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin said the world is undergoing fundamental changes and that the unipolar system of international relations has become a thing of the past.
• Putin called for reforms of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization.
• Putin said the failure of the international relations system was due to actions by countries seeking to provoke conflicts and create new tensions.
• Putin described competitors' approach to BRICS as destructive.