Iranian President Visits India for BRICS Summit
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is visiting India to attend the 18th BRICS Summit in Delhi, hosted under India’s chairmanship.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is visiting India to attend the 18th BRICS Summit in Delhi, hosted under India’s chairmanship.
BRICS finance chiefs support stronger PPP frameworks, risk-sharing mechanisms and multilateral guarantees to make emerging-market infrastructure projects more bankable.
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar called for greater private-sector engagement in shaping BRICS’ economic cooperation agenda.
The BRICS summit in New Delhi is expected to focus on geopolitical and economic tensions, including US pressure over dollar dominance and efforts to avoid direct confrontation with Washington.
The 18th BRICS Summit is being held in Delhi at Bharat Mandapam on September 13 and 14, with Russian President Vladimir Putin arriving and Chinese President Xi Jinping also visiting India.
BRICS members are advancing financial cooperation under India’s 2026 chairship, with priorities spanning cross-border payments, local-currency settlement, the New Development Bank, customs cooperation, cybersecurity, and responsible AI use in finance.
BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors agreed to advance interoperable payments, local-currency settlements, development finance and customs cooperation under India’s 2026 chairship.
As BRICS leaders meet in Delhi, internal divisions and US policy pressures make a united response to Washington unlikely.
The BRICS Summit 2026 in New Delhi is expanding its agenda beyond trade and investment to include cooperation on AI, semiconductors, digital services, startups, and digital infrastructure.