BRICS Declaration condemns Pahalgam terror attack, backs zero tolerance on terrorism
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- 2026-09-12
18th BRICS Summit opens in New Delhi under India's fourth chairship
The 18th BRICS Summit opened at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on 12 September 2026, a two day meeting running to 13 September under the theme Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability. This is India's fourth time chairing BRICS and follows a year long chairship spanning more than 350 meetings across 25 cities. Leaders attending include Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, with discussions covering economic growth, trade, finance, technology and sustainable development alongside geopolitical issues such as West Asia and Ukraine. At the BRICS Business Forum ahead of the summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India was building economic bridges at a time when trade barriers were rising worldwide, noting India has signed free trade agreements with nearly 40 countries since 2014.
- 2026-09-13
BRICS Declaration condemns Pahalgam terror attack, backs zero tolerance on terrorism
The BRICS New Delhi Declaration, adopted unanimously on 12 September 2026, condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on 22 April 2025, in which 26 people were killed and several others injured. The declaration expressed the grouping's commitment to combating terrorism in all its forms, called for zero tolerance and an end to double standards in counter terrorism, and flagged cross border movement of terrorists, terrorism financing and safe havens as specific concerns. It reiterated that terrorism should not be associated with any religion, nationality, civilisation or ethnic group, and pointed to the BRICS Counter Terrorism Working Group as the mechanism for coordinating cooperation among member states.