India’s leadership at the BRICS Summit has achieved a significant milestone as the group has finalized a joint statement. The BRICS New Delhi Declaration is scheduled to be unveiled at 4 pm on Saturday, according to NDTV sources.
PM Modi had bilateral talks with Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday. It’s a big win for Indian diplomacy and BRICS Sherpas to have managed to bring all the member countries to agree to a joint declaration. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, alongwith with the other leaders will soon gather at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi for the high stakes BRICS Summit. Meeting for the second time in under two weeks, PM and Pezeshkian discussed India-Iran relations, with the broader situation in West Asia taking centre stage.
The BRICS New Delhi Declaration, NDTV has learnt, will “deplore” all kinds of aggression without naming any country, which assumes great significance in the view of ongoing conflict in West Asia. The decalaration will stress that “dialogue and diplomacy are the way forward” to end conflicts. For a lasting solution to the Middle East crisis, India has firmly positioned “dialogue and diplomacy” as the way forward. India has also said energy security remains a key concern and called for safe passage for vessels carrying supplies.
