Brics Opens Amid Iran War

New DelhiPutin arrived as Iran’s president joined the Brics summit.

UAE suspended trade with Iran in August, needing both to agree on any statement.

Brics decides by consensus, so language on Hormuz and sanctions survives only if Tehran and Abu Dhabi both approve.

This weekend’s summit tries again after May’s foreign-ministers meeting failed to produce one.

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The Independent: frames summit through geopolitical conflicts—Ukraine, Middle East—as test of BRICS unity and influence