Overview
- Leaders at the BRICS summit reached a unanimous Delhi Declaration after the two-day meeting held September 12–13, delivering a rare consensus among 21 member countries.
- The declaration includes an explicit collective condemnation of the Pahalgam terrorist attack and calls for zero tolerance for terrorism and legal accountability for those who support or carry out attacks.
- New Delhi used the summit platform to bring Iran and the UAE together for a high-level engagement and to secure language urging restraint, diplomacy and dialogue on West Asia issues.
- India steered the bloc toward development, trade, supply-chain, technology and United Nations reform priorities while avoiding an overtly anti‑Western posture in the leaders' text.
- Indian political leaders praised the outcome and New Delhi’s marathon diplomacy, and the declaration’s unity will face a test when China assumes BRICS chair in 2027 with different member priorities.