Overview
- BRICS officials meeting in New Delhi failed to reach a common position on the Middle East, according to India’s foreign ministry.
- India, acting as current chair, replaced a joint statement with a lighter Chair’s Summary that did not set a shared policy.
- The summary said members expressed deep concern and emphasized aid for Gaza and Lebanon and plans for rebuilding in Syria.
- Analysts quoted in coverage said consensus has grown harder since the bloc’s expansion to ten members brought in more competing interests.
- The impasse has become a test of India’s stewardship and of BRICS’ claim to represent the Global South on major crises.