BRICS backs tax working groups and customs pact under India’s chairship
BRICS leaders endorsed deeper cooperation on taxation and customs, including new working groups, a customs agreement, and joint enforcement initiatives under India’s chairship.
BRICS leaders endorsed deeper cooperation on taxation and customs, including new working groups, a customs agreement, and joint enforcement initiatives under India’s chairship.
BRICS countries reaffirmed their commitment to prevent and combat corruption through the New Delhi Declaration, welcoming new mechanisms on asset recovery, fugitive offender tracing, and law enforcement cooperation.
Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said nuclear cooperation has become an important pillar of BRICS partnership, helping member states address economic, technological, and supply-chain challenges.
BRICS participants condemned unilateral coercive measures outside the UN framework and called for their removal, saying they harm human rights and disproportionately affect vulnerable populations.
BRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration, agreeing to create a farmer-centric agro-inputs and information network and to continue developing a BRICS grain trading platform.
From demanding representation within the existing order to helping shape the rules of the next one, the New Delhi Declaration may mark an important step in that transition.
At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, leaders including Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping called for a stronger voice for the Global South and adopted a joint declaration on the Middle East.
BRICS leaders highlighted artificial intelligence and information and communication technologies as drivers of economic growth and sustainable development while calling for international cooperation on safety, inclusiveness, reliability, and intellectual property protections.
BRICS nations adopted the New Delhi joint declaration by consensus and announced new agriculture cooperation initiatives, including BRICS AGRIN and a network of centres of excellence on agroecology and regenerative agriculture.