The real BRICS summit happened in a side room with Modi and Xi
The Corner Alicia Gª Herrero (Natixis) | After a sleepless night, the New Delhi Declaration was adopted unanimously at the eighteenth BRICS summit on September 12, after managing to find language that Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates could all live with. That was the ceremony but the real action happened on the margins, where Narendra Modi received Xi Jinping for the first Chinese…
During the BRICS Summit in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi briefly halted his speech after Chinese President Xi Jinping seemed uneasy. Modi turned to the translator for Xi and asked, "Is it okay?" He repeated the question before proceeding with his remarks. The reason for Xi's discomfort remains unclear, possibly due to the microphone or translation issues. The summit concluded on Sunday after two days of discussions involving leaders from the 11 BRICS member countries and 10 partner countries.
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