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Putin Arrives in India for BRICS Summit: Xi Jinping and Iran’s President Also Expected in New Delhi
This weekend New Delhi will host the BRICS summit - BRICS 2026 - with the participation of leaders of 11 countries. Vladimir Putin has already arrived in India.
This was reported by The Independent.
The Russian dictator arrived in New Delhi on Friday, 11 September. His plane landed at the Palam airbase, where Putin was met by India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh. Security measures were tightened in the Indian capital and traffic restrictions were put in place ahead of the summit.
The two-day meeting is also expected to be attended by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian. Putin and Pezeshkian are each scheduled to meet separately with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and China’s leader also has talks planned with him.
This year’s BRICS summit takes place against the backdrop of several international crises. Key topics expected to be discussed include Russia’s war against Ukraine, the fighting in the Middle East, as well as economic issues and the intensifying rivalry between the US and China.
Analysts note that these issues will test BRICS’s ability to reach agreements. After its expansion, the group now includes countries with differing and sometimes even opposing foreign-policy interests.
Russia remains one of the most influential members of the group, while India simultaneously maintains long-standing ties with the Kremlin and is developing a strategic partnership with the US and Europe. China closely cooperates with Russia and Iran.
"The Global South is not a homogeneous entity. So it will be difficult for this group to manage these conflicts and act as a mediator," said senior analyst Pravin Donti of the International Crisis Group.
Attention is also focused on Xi Jinping’s personal visit. It is his first trip to India since 2019. Relations between the two countries have recently begun to gradually improve after several years of tension over territorial disputes along the Himalayan border.
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