The Modi-Putin meeting ahead of the BRICS summit highlighted Russia’s push for a stronger bloc and India’s balancing act between BRICS and Western partners.
An editorial on the 18th BRICS Summit argues that India should help make the expanded forum more useful through practical collaboration and difficult conversations, rather than framing it as anti-Western.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is reducing trade barriers and expanding business cooperation under its BRICS chairship, citing new BRICS networks and India’s economic resilience.
NDB President Dilma Rousseff said Russia’s participation in the New Development Bank is important for strengthening the Global South and BRICS.
India’s BRICS summit and the concurrent iBRICS meeting highlight payment infrastructure, local-currency settlement and development finance as the bloc’s practical agenda.
At a BRICS Business Forum panel, Iran and the UAE highlighted the role of women entrepreneurs and micro, small, and medium enterprises in strengthening economic resilience across BRICS.
An opinion article argues that BRICS should build its own climate finance, technology, and adaptation architecture instead of relying on Global North institutions.
BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors backed further work on low-cost cross-border payment interoperability while favouring local currency trade over a common currency.
BRICS leaders meeting in New Delhi expressed deep concern over Middle East tensions, criticized unilateral tariffs, and backed UN Security Council reform.
