The expanded BRICS grouping adopted the New Delhi Declaration and continued building practical mechanisms for trade, finance, and cross-border payments, reflecting a broader shift toward multipolarity.
Former Indian diplomat Manjeev Singh Puri said BRICS should prioritize areas of convergence and practical cooperation while managing the divergences created by enlargement.
Brazil’s Foreign Minister discusses Brazil-India economic ties, the BRICS presidency transition, the New Development Bank, and BRICS’ non-anti-Western role.
BRICS states agreed on a joint final declaration after negotiations lasting into the early morning hours; Berliner Zeitung presents the full text in German.
India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi as the grouping marks 20 years and expands to 11 members.
The group arrives at its New Delhi summit with growing economic weight but deep divisions over major global crises.
BRICS negotiators agreed on a common declaration ahead of the New Delhi summit, seeking to project unity and strengthen the bloc’s influence on the international stage.
BRICS Pay is expanding its cross-border payment network, with memorandums signed with companies in China, Belarus and Turkey and plans to connect additional national payment systems.
Ramaphosa urged BRICS to invest in industry, technology, energy, infrastructure and logistics to strengthen the economic autonomy of the Global South.
