03 - BRICS 2026, New Delhi
BRICS 2026, New Delhi
A permanent study-and-reference hub inside Sandy Knowledge Resources: the New Delhi Summit, India’s 2026 Chairship, the New Delhi Declaration, major ministerial outcomes, and the official documents that matter.
BRICS 2026 in 15 points
The fastest way to understand the New Delhi Summit. These points compress the official declaration and India’s 2026 chairship agenda into a readable top layer without replacing the primary documents below.
New Delhi hosted the 18th BRICS Summit
Leaders met on 12–13 September 2026 under India’s fourth BRICS Chairship. The summit also marked two decades since BRICS cooperation began in 2006.
India framed the year around R-I-C-S
Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability formed the organising theme, backed by a “people-centric” and “humanity-first” approach.
Global governance reform was central
BRICS called for a more representative multilateral system, reform of the UN and Bretton Woods institutions, and stronger voice for emerging and developing economies.
Trade rules and protectionism became a major fault line
The declaration backed WTO reform, restoration of a functioning two-tier dispute-settlement mechanism, and opposed unilateral tariff and non-tariff measures inconsistent with WTO rules.
Counter-terrorism language was unusually explicit
BRICS condemned terrorism in all forms, specifically condemned the 22 April 2025 attack in Jammu and Kashmir, rejected double standards, and called for action against UN-designated terrorists.
West Asia occupied substantial diplomatic space
The declaration called for restraint, protection of civilians, respect for international law and humanitarian access, supported a two-state solution for Israel-Palestine, and opposed forced displacement from Gaza.
Energy security and transition were treated together
BRICS supported diverse national energy pathways, said fossil fuels would retain a role for emerging economies, promoted smart grids and storage, and stressed just and inclusive transitions.
Critical minerals moved to the strategic core
Members called for reliable, diversified and fair critical-mineral supply chains, while preserving resource sovereignty and encouraging value addition in resource-rich economies.
AI was treated as both opportunity and governance challenge
BRICS backed accessible, safe, secure, inclusive and reliable AI, linked AI to energy, health, finance, education and industry, and reaffirmed the Leaders’ Statement on global AI governance.
Health cooperation became more institutional
2026 outcomes covered universal health coverage, pandemic preparedness, TB research, digital health, mental wellness, traditional medicine, public-health institutes and equitable access to medical products.
Cross-border payments advanced pragmatically
The BRICS Payment Task Force continued work on faster and cheaper cross-border payments, interoperability of payment and messaging channels, and greater use of local currencies where nationally appropriate.
The New Development Bank remains BRICS’ strongest institution
The declaration encouraged more local-currency financing, wider resource mobilisation, membership expansion and the new BRICS-NDB Knowledge Portal for development experience and project learning.
Resilience became practical, not only rhetorical
India’s chairship produced work on disaster early warning, climate-resilient urban infrastructure, sustainable transport, supply-chain logistics, resilient cities and climate adaptation.
People-to-people tracks broadened the agenda
Women, education, skills, labour, culture, tourism, youth, sport, business, civil society and think tanks all generated formal outcomes or institutional follow-up during India’s chairship.
The larger question is implementation
The summit welcomed stronger continuity, archival and implementation mechanisms across chairships. India handed political support forward to China’s 2027 BRICS Chairship and 19th Summit.
Core official documents
Start here for the authoritative record of the summit. The declaration links are deliberately duplicated across official Government of India locations so this page remains useful even if one mirror later changes.
BRICS New Delhi Declaration 2026
The 140-paragraph leaders’ declaration adopted at the XVIII BRICS Summit. This is the principal document for the summit’s political, economic, security, technology, climate and people-to-people outcomes.
PM opening remarks: Inclusive Global Governance and Strengthening
India’s framing of BRICS at 20: representation, responsiveness and rule-making; UN reform; a stronger Global South voice; and a proposed continuity-and-implementation mechanism.
Remarks: R-I-C-S and inclusive global growth
Official Government of India text for the summit session focused on resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability, including supply chains, startups, agriculture, health and crisis preparedness.
PM address at the BRICS Business Forum 2026
A useful companion to the declaration for BRICS’ economic scale, the role of business, innovation, investment, resilient supply chains and the push to turn collective weight into practical outcomes.
India | BRICS 2026 portal
The chairship’s official home for events, documents, institutional material and the evolving archive of India’s 2026 BRICS Presidency.
BRICS: Evolution, Cooperation and India’s Leadership
A concise official PIB backgrounder for the history of the grouping, expansion, India’s role and the institutional context behind the 2026 summit.
BRICS 2026 at a glance
Membership, participation and the three-pillar structure help explain why the New Delhi Declaration ranges from war and finance to AI, agriculture, health, culture and sport.
Member countries
BRICS is an informal coordination mechanism rather than a treaty-based organisation with a permanent secretariat. Decisions among members are made by consensus.
Partner countries
Partner-country status was created at the 2024 Kazan Summit. Partners may participate in summit and foreign-minister formats and in other activities where members agree.
Official document library
Browse the official record by subject, city and document name. Links point to Government of India, official BRICS, ministry, PIB or other official institutional sources; direct PDFs are used where a stable official file was available.
New Delhi Declaration 2026
The definitive leaders’ outcome of the XVIII BRICS Summit. Use the PDF for archival reference and the HTML mirrors for easier searching.
Inclusive Global Governance and Strengthening
India’s leaders’ session framing on BRICS at 20, institutional continuity and reform of global governance.
R-I-C-S: Shaping the Future for Inclusive Global Growth
Official Government of India text on the practical pillars of India’s chairship and the outcomes it sought to operationalise.
BRICS Business Forum 2026 address
Useful official context for the grouping’s economic weight and the role of business, innovation and investment.
16th BRICS Agriculture Ministers’ Joint Declaration
The Indore outcome on food security, nutrition, livelihoods, agricultural trade, regenerative agriculture, climate resilience, innovation and investment.
13th BRICS Urbanisation Forum Declaration
Inclusive, resilient and people-centred urban development, with a BRICS Urban Research and Knowledge Network.
11th BRICS Energy Ministers’ Joint Communiqué
Energy security, national pathways, resilient infrastructure, innovation and the BRICS Digital Centre of Excellence for Smart Grids and Energy Storage.
Guwahati Declaration on illicit drug trafficking
Operational and technical cooperation against illicit drugs and related transnational organised crime, including faster intelligence sharing and digital tools.
BRICS Women Ministerial Joint Statement
The first-ever joint statement in the Women Track, with a digital repository of best practices and digital capacity-building guidelines.
3rd BRICS Transport Ministers’ Declaration
Circularity in infrastructure, sustainable aviation fuels, transport decarbonisation, urban mobility, logistics supply chains and railway research.
12th BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ Declaration
Decent work, social protection, formalisation, employability and BRICS CONNECT for capacity building, new skills and technologies.
16th BRICS Health Ministerial Declaration
One of the year’s most detailed sector outcomes, covering health-system resilience, pandemic readiness, digital health, medical regulation, mental wellness and equitable access.
BRICS Joint Statement on Disaster Risk Reduction
Implementation of the BRICS DRR Work Plan 2025–2028, resilience, innovation, early warning and risk reduction.
10th BRICS Industry Ministers’ Joint Declaration
Industrial cooperation focused on MSMEs, photovoltaics, startups, logistics, PartNIR and structured innovation mechanisms.
16th BRICS Trade Ministers’ Meeting outcomes
Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership 2030, WTO issues, MSME finance, services trade and resilient global value chains.
13th BRICS Education Ministers’ Declaration
Education, skills, digital literacy, TVET, mutual recognition, academic mobility and safe, ethical use of emerging technologies.
11th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Bhopal Declaration
A framework for deeper cultural cooperation, heritage protection, institutional exchange and stronger people-to-people connectivity.
12th BRICS Environment Ministers’ outcome
Implementation-oriented environmental action, knowledge sharing, technology cooperation and four knowledge compendiums.
BRICS Tourism Ministers’ Communiqué 2026
Four priorities: AI & tourism; sustainable and responsible tourism; skilling; and tourism exchanges with smoother travel facilitation.
14th BRICS Science Ministerial — Chennai Declaration
A future-ready STI framework centred on Global South cooperation, research infrastructure, knowledge sharing, young innovators and emerging technologies.
BRICS Sports Ministers’ Joint Declaration
Consensus framework to strengthen sports cooperation through dialogue, mutual respect, inclusiveness and practical collaboration.
BRICS Ministers of Justice Declaration on ADR
Capacity building in mediation and arbitration, institutional reform, digital tools and knowledge-sharing for more effective dispute resolution.
New Development Bank & private-capital seminar
Official Finance Ministry context from the BRICS FMCBG week on the NDB, private-capital mobilisation and development finance.
Key 2026 initiatives and mechanisms
These are some of the practical mechanisms, networks, guidelines and proposals that give the New Delhi cycle its implementation character. Wording below distinguishes established/welcomed outcomes from proposals still under consideration.
India’s BRICS 2026 pathway to New Delhi
A compact chronology of major ministerial outcomes included in this page. The chairship involved many more meetings, but these dates make the summit’s build-up easy to revise.
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