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Vladimir Putin has arrived in India for talks ahead of an 11-member BRICS summit, which is set to focus on economic challenges, conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine, and global trade turbulence. The summit will also feature leaders from China, Iran, and other Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who are expected to discuss their differing positions on the war launched by the US and Israel in February. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is set to arrive on Friday and hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marking his first visit to India as president. Experts expect the gulf conflict to be a central issue at the summit, which has expanded to include Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE despite their differing positions on the war.
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The 18th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi, India from September 9-10, bringing together leaders from an expanded group of eleven nations. The summit aimed to counterbalance the influence of the G7 and advocate for a "multipolar world," but faced internal divisions over issues like Middle East conflicts and economic governance. Despite these challenges, India managed to secure a unified joint declaration, prioritizing trade and technological cooperation while avoiding assigning blame for contentious geopolitical issues. This diplomatic achievement highlighted India's role as a bridge between competing global powers. However, experts note that BRICS remains constrained by differing national interests among its members, with key cracks in institutional modernization hindering its effectiveness compared to the G7.

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Ties between both nuclear-armed China and India have warmed in recent months, with flights, visas and high-level contacts gradually being restored. But deep mistrust remains within their contested frontier, a widening trade deficit and strategic rivalry still complicating the relationship.
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🔮 In short: Valadimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are gathering in India for the 2026 BRICS summit set to put war and trade at the fore.
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In short: Valadimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are gathering in India for the 2026 BRICS summit set to put war and trade at the fore. asserted
Putin → gather → fore
The summit was created as a forum for major emerging economies seeking greater influence in Western-dominated institutions. asserted
summit → create → institutions
Experts expect the gulf conflict will be the central fault line in coming days, with Iran, Saudi Arabia and The UAE set to attend. asserted
Iran → expect → days
Vladimir Putin has arrived in India for talks ahead of an 11-member BRICS summit dominated by economic challenges and conflict in the Middle East and Ukraine, with the leaders of China and Iran set to attend. asserted
leaders → arrive → China
War, global trade turbulence and oil are expected on the agenda at the two-day annual summit which opens on Saturday, when Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive. asserted
Jinping → expect → Saturday
It will be Mr Xi's first visit to India since 2019, marking the biggest step yet in a cautious thaw between the rival neighbours. asserted
It → mark → neighbours
The visit comes six years after a deadly military clash between China and India along their disputed Himalayan border. asserted
visit → come → border
Ties between both nuclear-armed China and India have warmed in recent months, with flights, visas and high-level contacts gradually being restored. But deep mistrust remains within their contested frontier, a widening trade deficit and strategic rivalry still complicating the relationship. asserted
deficit → arm → relationship
"One should engage in debate and friendship only with the virtuous, and nothing whatsoever with the unvirtuous," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a post on social media on Friday, welcome arriving leaders. asserted
Modi → engage → leaders
Mr Modi is due to hold talks later on Friday with Mr Putin, who last visited India in December 2025. asserted
who → hold → December
India has navigated the energy crisis caused by the Iran war in part by turning to Russia, one of its most important relationships and most controversial fuel supplier in recent years, as the war in Ukraine drags on. asserted
war → navigate → Ukraine
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is also expected on Friday, and is also set to hold talks with Mr Modi. asserted
Pezeshkian → expect → Modi
The BRICS summit was created in 2009 as a forum for major emerging economies seeking greater influence in institutions typically dominated by Western powers. asserted
summit → create → powers
It has since expanded to include Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, three countries with sharply differing positions on the war launched by the United States and Israel in February. asserted
It → expand → February
"The Gulf conflict is going to be the central fault line this time during the BRICS summit," said Harsh V Pant, a professor of international relations and vice president of India's Observer Research Foundation. asserted
Pant → go → Foundation
"What was seen until last year as an achievement, the expansion of BRICS, today looks like a big constraint on BRICS." It will be Mr Pezeshkian's first visit to India as Iranian president, and will put the Middle East conflict firmly in conversations. asserted
It → see → conversations
Econimist Shilan Shah said the war in Iran would provide a stern test of the expanded group's cohesion. asserted
war → say → cohesion
Mr Shah noted the failure of the BRICS foreign ministers to agree on a joint statement when they met in New Delhi in May. uncertain
they → note → May
United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi are all expected to be in attendance. asserted
Nahyan → expect → attendance
India maintains cordial relations with Iran and Israel, but is also careful to strike a delicate balance in its ties with Washington. asserted
India → maintain → Washington
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar visited Kyiv this month when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was "grateful to India for its commitment to ending this unjust war". asserted
he → visit → war
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