{
  "id": 5010053,
  "title": "UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to participate in BRICS Summit in India",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/un-secretary-general-antonio-guterres-to-participate-in-brics-summit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T04:07:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/un-secretary-general-antonio-guterres-to-participate-in-brics-summit-in-india/article71418016.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi later this month. India, the current chair of the BRICS organization, will host the summit on September 12-13 at Bharat Mandapam. The summit aims to bring together leaders from BRICS member and partner countries, as well as outreach invitees. Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for Mr. Guterres, confirmed that the secretary-general's participation is planned for the upcoming BRICS meeting. The theme for India's BRICS chairship is 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability', focusing on three fundamental pillars: political and security, economic and financial, and cultural and people-to-people exchanges. Over 350 meetings and high-level engagements have taken place across India to strengthen the strategic partnership within BRICS.",
  "summary": "As the chair this year, India will be hosting the 18th BRICS Summit on September 12-13 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The summit will bring together leaders of BRICS member and partner countries as well as outreach invitees",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "BRICS table gets bigger with Guterres joining",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/brics-table-gets-bigger-with-guterres-joining",
        "published": "2026-09-02T02:09:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}