A two-day meeting of BRICS foreign ministers in New Delhi has ended without a joint statement due to differing views on the Middle East.

India issued a Chair's statement after the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting, highlighting differing views on the Middle East. The ministers condemned terrorism, specifically the Pahalgam attack, and emphasised zero tolerance and accountability for terrorist activities.

At the second BRICS CGETI meeting in Gandhinagar under India’s 2026 chairship, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal highlighted a 13-fold surge in intra-BRICS merchandise trade to $1.17 trillion.

A two-day meeting of Deputy Foreign Ministers and special envoys of BRICS countries held in Delhi in April also failed to work out a consensus on the Iran crisis

The rise of BRICS reflects a shift toward a more multipolar global order, with economic power spreading beyond the West.

Rajesh Agrawal said intra-BRICS trade has significant untapped potential despite rising to $1.17 trillion in 2024 from $84 billion in 2003. Speaking at the 2nd Meeting of the BRICS Contact Group on Trade and Economic Issues (CGETI) in Gandhinagar,

Intra-BRICS trade has grown thirteen-fold to USD 1.17 trillion in 2024 from USD 84 billion in 2003, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said, adding there is significant untapped potential for deeper economic cooperation among the member nations.

A journalist’s repeated phone interruptions during Sergey Lavrov’s BRICS press conference in New Delhi triggered a sharp yet humorous response from the Russian Foreign Minister, with the exchange quickly going viral online.