“Engine of Change”: Key Points of the BRICS Final Declaration
The New Delhi 2026 declaration, adopted unanimously at the 18th BRICS summit, outlines priorities on multilateralism, peace, trade, UN reform, and national-currency settlements.
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BRICS energy-security call in New Delhi Declaration reflects dilemma amid West Asia conflict
The New Delhi Declaration from the 18th BRICS Summit emphasized energy security, stable markets, and protection of critical infrastructure, while highlighting the challenge of divergent member-state interests during the West Asia crisis.
BRICS offers opportunities for AI, trade and financial integration: Experts
Experts attending the BRICS summit highlighted opportunities for artificial intelligence cooperation, diversified global trade, and cross-border financial integration through mechanisms such as BRICS Pay.
BRICS backs promotion of sustainable aviation fuels
BRICS adopted the New Delhi Declaration 2026, supporting sustainable aviation fuels, transport decarbonisation, urban mobility cooperation, and logistics supply-chain collaboration.
BRICS eye mutually reinforcing policy levers to boost intra-bloc trade
BRICS leaders and officials are discussing policy tools, local-currency payments, and MSME financing to strengthen intra-bloc trade, which remains relatively small compared with the bloc’s share of global exports.
With China on board, BRICS calls for boosting transport potential while respecting territorial integrity
BRICS countries agreed in a joint declaration to deepen cooperation on sustainable transport, digital connectivity, public-private partnerships and the New Development Bank’s role, while opposing unilateral protectionist measures.
BRICS calls for facilitating payments in local currencies and criticizes trade restrictions
A BRICS summit criticized unilateral tariff and non-tariff measures distorting global trade and urged practical solutions for cross-border payments among its 11 members.
India Uses BRICS Chairship to Drive Focus on MSMEs and Their Development
The BRICS New Delhi Declaration emphasized MSME development, trade finance, WTO accession support for Ethiopia and Iran, and reforms of global economic institutions.
BRICS: Xi says “we must reject every form of protectionism”
At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the 11 member countries to reject protectionism and support the multilateral trading system, while Russian President Vladimir Putin and the BRICS joint declaration addressed global peace, energy security, trade flows and nuclear risks.