BRICS Summit 2026: Can the Delhi Meet Move BRICS From Talk to Action?
The Delhi Declaration tests whether BRICS can convert consensus among diverse emerging powers into practical cooperation.
The Delhi Declaration tests whether BRICS can convert consensus among diverse emerging powers into practical cooperation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged BRICS members at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi to deepen cooperation in technology, peace, civilizational dialogue and global governance reform.
The article analyzes India’s BRICS chairship and the New Delhi Declaration, arguing that New Delhi favors a flexible, issue-based BRICS that supports development finance, global governance reforms, and Global South representation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greeted leaders of BRICS partner countries taking part in an expanded BRICS+ session during the BRICS summit in India.
PM Modi said India is advancing friendship, participation and cooperation through the BRICS platform and urged broader people-centered engagement.
The UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for urgent UN Security Council reform as the 18th BRICS summit in Delhi adopted a joint statement supporting India and Brazil’s permanent membership bids.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for peace at the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, while the summit’s joint declaration addressed tensions in the Middle East, Gaza and Sudan.
India’s 2026 BRICS chairship moved the grouping from a May foreign ministers’ deadlock to a unanimous September New Delhi Declaration through multi-level consultations and consensus language.
India’s government said no BRICS common currency proposal is under consideration, while local-currency settlement remains a practical focus for reducing trade transaction costs.