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Iran urges India to use the BRICS platform to build consensus condemning US -Israeli actions in Gulf
Reuters
May 13, 2026
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's Premier Li Qiang, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi pose for a family photo during the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 6, 2025. REUTERS
The US-Israeli war on Iran is set to cast a shadow over a two-day meeting of the foreign ministers of the BRICS grouping that kicks off in New Delhi on Thursday, testing the bloc's ability to reach a unified position and produce a joint statement. The grouping, which originally included Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has expanded over the years with the inclusion of Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Iran had urged India, the BRICS chair for 2026, to use the BRICS platform to build a consensus condemning US and Israeli actions in the Gulf conflict. The main differences have emerged between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, which are on opposing sides of the front line in a war launched by the US and Israel on February 28. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is likely to arrive late on Wednesday to attend the gathering, which will run through May 14–15. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is also expected to attend the meeting. It was not immediately clear who would represent the UAE during the meeting. The latest round could be tense after reports that the UAE and Saudi Arabia carried out military strikes on Iran in retaliation for Iranian strikes. Read: Trump says he does not need China's help to end Iran war Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said in March that some BRICS members were involved directly in the conflict, due to which it had been "difficult for us to forge a consensus." Another ministry official told Reuters India was hopeful to get a joint statement after the latest round of meetings with foreign ministers. "Glad that the foreign ministers from all the BRICS countries, except China, who is otherwise tied up, are coming. This is a good sign on efforts to build a BRICS coalition around a matter of interest to emerging economies and the global south," said former Indian diplomat Manjeev Singh Puri. "Of course, political solutions are difficult, but the fact that they are meeting is positive, and hopefully it will lead to a way forward." Soaring energy prices caused by the war have prompted many BRICS nations, including India, to introduce emergency measures to protect their economies and consumers. So far, China has taken a nominally neutral stance, given its robust ties with both Iran and Sunni-majority Arab states. China will be represented by its Ambassador to India Xu Feihong to fill in for their Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is unlikely to travel with US President Donald Trump visiting Beijing this week.
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