United Nations Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres.
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UN Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres will take part within the 18th BRICS Summit later this month in New Delhi.
Because the chair this 12 months, India will likely be internet hosting the 18th BRICS Summit on September 12-13 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The summit will deliver collectively leaders of BRICS member and companion nations in addition to outreach invitees, based on the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.
Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for Mr. Guterres, mentioned on the press briefing on the UN on Tuesday (September 1), “… now we have but to formally announce that the secretary-general will take part within the BRICS assembly in New Delhi in about 10 days’ time.” He was responding to a query on doable conferences between Guterres and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese language chief Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin throughout the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit hosted in Kyrgyzstan on August 31-September 1.
The theme for India’s BRICS chairship is ‘Constructing for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability’.
Over 350 conferences and high-level engagements have been held in over 25 cities throughout India to additional strengthen the BRICS strategic partnership throughout three elementary pillars: political and safety, financial and monetary, and cultural and people-to-people exchanges.
By these engagements, and business-to-business and people-to-people initiatives, India’s BRICS chairship has contributed to advancing BRICS cooperation by sensible and development-oriented outcomes, the MEA has mentioned.
India, a founding member of BRICS, has beforehand held its chairship in 2012, 2016. and 2021. India assumed its fourth BRICS chairship on January 1, 2026. BRICS is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this 12 months.
Mr. Guterres, whose second five-year tenure as head of the United Nations ends in December 2026, had travelled to India in February this 12 months to attend the India-AI Impression Summit 2026 in New Delhi.
The summit was the first-ever world AI summit hosted within the World South.
In Bishkek, Mr. Guterres met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the margins of the SCO Summit.
The Secretary-Common expressed his concern relating to the devastating humanitarian and financial penalties of the battle in Iran, within the area and past. He careworn the pressing must resolve the battle by dialogue and negotiations, with full respect for worldwide regulation, together with worldwide navigational rights and freedoms in and across the Strait of Hormuz.
Mr. Guterres additionally reaffirmed the dedication of the UN to assist all diplomatic efforts geared toward a complete and sturdy answer, his spokesperson mentioned.
Mr. Putin and Mr. Pezeshkian are among the many world leaders who will arrive in New Delhi for the BRICS summit. Mr. Xi can be extensively anticipated to attend the BRICS summit earlier than visiting the U.S. for a summit assembly with President Donald Trump later this month.
Revealed – September 02, 2026 09:17 am IST
