A two-day meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers will begin today in New Delhi. The meeting will be chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. BRICS Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegation from Member and Partner Countries will participate in the meeting. They will also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
During the meeting, the Foreign Ministers of BRICS Member Countries will exchange views on global and regional issues of mutual interest. On the second day, BRICS Member and Partner Countries will participate in a session themed “BRICS@20: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”. This will be followed by a session on the “Reforms of Global Governance and Multilateral Systems”.
The BRICS Foreign Ministers held their last meeting on the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) on 26 September 2025. The meeting was chaired by India in its capacity as the incoming BRICS Chair for 2026.
Global leaders have arrived in the national capital ahead of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. The leaders who arrived here yesterday include Foreign Minister of Iran, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Thailand Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Nguyen Minh Hang. Other leaders who arrived were Foreign Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Seri Utama Mohamad bin Haji Hasan, and the UAE’s Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar.
