India Welcomes Russia, Iran Leaders for BRICS Summit Overshadowed by War
Russia, Iran, China and India are set to take center stage at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, oil and global trade tensions topping the agenda as Xi Jinping makes his first India visit since 2019.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in India on Friday for the BRICS summit, which is set to convene for two days starting on Saturday. The summit, which will also host Chinese President Xi Jinping, will focus on conflict, economic challenges, global trade turbulence, and oil. It marks the first time in six years that the two nuclear-armed Asian giants will hold high-level talks.
BRICS was established in 2009 to counter unilateralism, but recent tensions, including the Middle East and Ukraine conflicts, have complicated the group's cohesion. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has welcomed the leaders with heavy security deployments and traffic restrictions, has expressed a desire to engage only with virtuous nations.
The summit is expected to test the group's unity, with the Gulf conflict being a central point of discussion.
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