In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, (L-R) Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, UAE’s Supreme Council for National Security Secretary-General Ali Mohamed Hammad Al Shamsi, Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China’s President Xi Jinping, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pose for a family photo during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)
Members of the 11-nation BRICS group including China, Russia, Iran and India called for calm in the Middle East at a summit in New Delhi on Saturday, overcoming earlier divisions to issue a joint statement.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who joined Russian, Iranian, Indian and other leaders in the Indian capital, told the summit that the Middle East war “does not serve the common interests of the international community”.
Foreign ministers of the BRICS grouping failed to agree on a joint statement when they met in New Delhi in May, with Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates divided over the war that began with US-Israeli strikes on February 28.
