On the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India and Saudi Arabia held a bilateral meeting, while PM Modi addressed the summit’s open session and outlined expectations for concrete BRICS outcomes in its third decade.
The BRICS Business Council called for stronger trade, investment and technology links across member economies, focusing on resilience, digital infrastructure and advanced manufacturing.
At the BRICS+ session during the BRICS summit in New Delhi, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the New Development Bank has financed 123 BRICS projects worth nearly $40 billion, while noting that financing needs remain much higher.
Experts say a proposed BRICS Remote Sensing Satellite Constellation with common Earth observation and a shared risk and revenue model could lower satellite data costs and help reduce space debris.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in building consensus at the BRICS summit and said the outcome demonstrated the value of dialogue and leadership.
A five-day BRICS anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing training programme concluded in India, focusing on FATF methodologies, emerging risks, and BRICS best practices ahead of the BRICS Summit.
BRICS leaders met in New Delhi and adopted a joint declaration, but sharp disagreements over the Middle East war, Ukraine, and relations with the United States limited concrete outcomes.
A JKNC MLA welcomed the BRICS Summit 2026 declaration condemning the Pahalgam terror attack but said past incidents should also be investigated and condemned.
At the concluding session of the BRICS Summit, Xi Jinping called for stronger BRICS cooperation in artificial intelligence, trade, digital industry, intelligent manufacturing, and science and technology while urging fair and rule-based international governance.
