Politics
BRICS summit adopts New Delhi Declaration while avoiding condemnation of Iran and Ukraine wars
September 13, 2026 at 04:28 PM
The 11-member BRICS bloc adopted its New Delhi Declaration on Saturday, sidestepping the wars in Iran and Ukraine as divisions within the group deepened.
- Leaders convened the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi and adopted the New Delhi Declaration on its first day.
- The declaration urged "maximum restraint" in the Middle East without naming the US, Israel, Iran or Gulf states, and made no mention of the Ukraine war.
- Modi said BRICS is "not against anyone" and called on the Global South to become "rule-shapers" rather than "rule-takers."
- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince held the highest-level known face-to-face talks between the two countries since the war began.