What Is the New Delhi Declaration? BRICS’ Big Power Move Explained
An explainer on the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the 18th BRICS Summit and its positions on trade, security, payments, artificial intelligence, and development cooperation.
An explainer on the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the 18th BRICS Summit and its positions on trade, security, payments, artificial intelligence, and development cooperation.
After the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, China announced it will host the next BRICS Summit in 2027 and assume the group’s rotating presidency.
At the BRICS Summit, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for stronger health cooperation, innovation and preparedness to address future emergencies.
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh praised India’s leadership after BRICS member states reached consensus on the New Delhi Declaration at the BRICS summit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said BRICS’ core values are attracting growing global interest and highlighted the bloc’s role in strengthening multilateralism and shaping a more just multipolar world order.
WHO Director-General urged BRICS leaders to strengthen health cooperation, innovation, resilience, and sustainable health financing.
India’s Defence Minister praised the summit’s outcomes, including the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration 2026 and the grouping’s focus on resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.
A Delhi BJP leader said India’s hosting of the BRICS Summit 2026 highlights its global role, while the 18th BRICS Summit declaration emphasized cooperation in traditional medicine.
The geopolitical battle to lead the AI race is undermining attempts to slow frontier development, while China uses the BRICS summit to promote open-source cooperation.