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As India prepares to host the group’s summit, what does it want from BRICS? And what is Delhi actually getting from the group?
All eyes are on India right now. From September 12 to 13, presidents and prime ministers from Brazil, China, South Africa, Egypt, Indonesia, Russia, and more will converge on New Delhi for the 18th BRICS summit.
It’s India’s fourth time hosting BRICS, but leading the group today is a diplomatic minefield. Barely two months after Delhi took over as chair, the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, a BRICS member. Tehran then retaliated against the UAE and Saudi Arabia – also BRICS members. Now, India has to sit all three in the same room.
The U.S.-Iran war made it impossible to ignore the serious conflicts within BRICS. In a major diplomatic fail, the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in May, also hosted by India, ended without a joint statement. The group’s members just couldn’t agree on how to approach the crisis in West Asia.
