Overview
- India will host the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit at Bharat Mandapam on Saturday and Sunday, September 12–13, with a closed members’ session planned on the first day and an open session with partner states on the second.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping has publicly confirmed attendance and three Russian transport aircraft have landed at Noida International Airport as Vladimir Putin’s visit and a Modi‑Putin bilateral meeting are scheduled for Friday ahead of the leaders’ sessions.
- Delhi has activated a large security operation that includes nearly 100 NSG commandos in mock counter‑terror drills, about 4,800 traffic police on duty, control of more than 35 roads, 22 diversion points and aerial restrictions from the DGCA covering a wide radius.
- Markets, defence firms and investors will closely watch the summit for signals on intra‑BRICS trade, payment arrangements and defence cooperation, with Modi’s talks with Putin expected to draw particular attention to defence industrial ties.
- India’s chairship frames the meeting around resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability, but the enlarged 11‑member grouping makes consensus on regional crises harder and will shape the content and wording of the New Delhi Declaration.