India Summit Reaffirms the Accommodative Rationale of BRICS
India’s BRICS presidency shaped a consensus-based New Delhi Declaration, emphasizing an inclusive, non-confrontational orientation and practical cooperation across multiple sectors.
India’s BRICS presidency shaped a consensus-based New Delhi Declaration, emphasizing an inclusive, non-confrontational orientation and practical cooperation across multiple sectors.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran is working on joining the New Development Bank established by BRICS, while no timeline or formal application details were provided.
Strategic experts said the BRICS joint declaration adopted in New Delhi reflected India’s diplomatic success, including consensus among members and support for zero tolerance against terrorism.
BRICS adopted a 140-point New Delhi Declaration at its 18th summit, addressing Middle East tensions, unilateral sanctions, Gaza, global governance reform, trade, finance, artificial intelligence and climate.
The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi highlighted the grouping’s role as a platform for global governance, economic diversification, and technology cooperation while managing internal divergences.
Former Romanian foreign minister Adrian Severin said recent BRICS and SCO meetings reflect a deep shift in the global balance of power.
Strategic affairs experts praised the BRICS Summit’s New Delhi declaration as a diplomatic breakthrough for India and an endorsement of its stance on terrorism, while noting consensus was forged despite differences between Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
The New Delhi summit produced shared positions on trade, security and artificial intelligence while launching new cooperation mechanisms across technology, health, logistics, agriculture and innovation.
The article argues that BRICS is becoming a practical economic and diplomatic platform, with India and South Africa positioned to deepen cooperation in trade, finance, industrialisation, technology and shared development.