BRICS Summit: Navigating Conflict and Consensus
India is preparing to host the BRICS Leaders’ Summit, seeking to strengthen the bloc’s global role while managing internal disagreements and regional tensions.
India is preparing to host the BRICS Leaders’ Summit, seeking to strengthen the bloc’s global role while managing internal disagreements and regional tensions.
India is hosting the BRICS Leaders’ Summit as the expanded bloc seeks to strengthen its role while managing internal divisions linked to the Iran-UAE conflict and global energy tensions.
A media dialogue event in New Delhi will discuss BRICS, India’s role, global governance, trade, technology and the Global South ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit.
The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry urged BRICS to convert cooperation into practical benefits for Indian businesses through trade facilitation, payment links, and SME finance.
Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to India said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman skipped the BRICS Summit in India due to “certain context and circumstances,” while discussing Bangladesh’s engagement with regional multilateral platforms.
The India-hosted BRICS summit is expected to focus on UPI-based cross-border payments, intra-BRICS trade expansion, and reduced reliance on the US dollar and SWIFT.
India is proposing to connect BRICS central bank digital currencies to improve cross-border payments, but the initiative faces technical and geopolitical hurdles.
As India assumes the BRICS chairship for the fourth time, the BRICS India 2026 logo and summit theme are explained, with symbolism drawn from the lotus, petals and the ‘Namaste’ greeting.
BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Sameep Shastri said India should strengthen exports and deepen intra-BRICS trade cooperation as high energy imports have created trade deficits with most BRICS nations.