New Delhi: Russia and Iran Friday hit out at US and other Western powers for imposing sanctions and "acts of aggression", and called upon Brics to work on strategies that make the group more resilient to deal with challenges and pressures, in what underlined the challenge India faces in seeking to stop the meeting from turning into an anti-West platform.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow is ready to help the two countries normalise ties as disagreements complicate the summit declaration. | World News

India remains critical US partner in the Indo-Pacific but also has commercial and strategic interests in Iran