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 New Delhi summit produced shared positions on trade, security and artificial intelligence while launching new cooperation mechanisms across technology, health, logistics, agriculture and innovation.
Global media assessed the BRICS summit’s restrained statement on West Asia, efforts to reduce dollar dependence, and India-China engagement within the grouping.
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.
At the BRICS summit in India, leaders of China, Russia and India displayed visible unity, while a geopolitical expert said BRICS is deepening cooperation and building alternatives to Western-dominated institutions.
The BRICS Summit 2026 New Delhi Declaration outlined initiatives in agriculture, transport, education, health, space, trade, terrorism and UN Security Council reform, while omitting explicit references to Ukraine and a common BRICS currency.
An analysis argues that BRICS has taken up practical global governance files on climate adaptation, early warning systems, and asset recovery as the G20 agenda narrows.
Under India’s BRICS presidency, PM Modi used the summit to manage relations with Russia, China and Iran while advancing India’s Global South messaging.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined India’s BRICS Presidency priorities and called for concrete business cooperation benchmarks across BRICS.
