Pakistan’s long-standing BRICS membership bid remains blocked by India’s opposition under the bloc’s consensus-based admission system, despite Pakistan’s efforts to align with BRICS financial institutions and reported support from other members.
The article highlights BRICS’ growing economic scale and India’s 2026 chairmanship, emphasizing digital public infrastructure, trade growth, tourism, mobility, and people-to-people cooperation.
BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors have called for practical work on cross-border payment interoperability and local-currency trade and investment settlements, while clarifying that no common BRICS currency was proposed.
A daily briefing covering India’s BRICS summit meetings with Russia and China and the implications of India-China ties for the grouping’s future.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed a three-pillar strategy to deepen trade within the expanded BRICS grouping, while Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted BRICS economic weight and called for broader cooperation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin used the BRICS Summit in New Delhi to warn Europe against sending troops to Ukraine and to promote deeper BRICS cooperation and a proposed NDB-based investment platform.
Reuters explainer summarizes BRICS’ history, institutional achievements, and current challenges ahead of the group’s summit in New Delhi.
A Reuters factbox outlines BRICS’ history, institutional achievements, expansion, and the geopolitical and internal challenges facing the bloc ahead of a summit in New Delhi.
BRICS leaders are meeting in India as analysts note the grouping’s growing influence while warning that internal divisions could slow its development.
