Middle East and Africa
(left to right) Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, South Africa's Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, and Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos pose for a family photograph during the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on May 14, 2026. (AFP/Arun Sankar)
Indonesia on Thursday called on BRICS to play a more active role in maintaining global peace, calling for the fair enforcement of international law and reaffirming support for Palestine as tensions over the Iran conflict exposed deepening divisions within the bloc.Addressing top diplomats from the 10-member grouping, Foreign Minister Sugiono warned that the world was increasingly shaped by unilateral economic measures and political interference, and urged BRICS to take greater responsibility for confronting injustice and upholding international law consistently.
“We live in a world where those who built the international order are also contributing to its disorder,” Sugiono said during his intervention.
