NEW DELHI, May 15 – Foreign ministers from BRICS nations concluded their yearly gathering in New Delhi on Friday without reaching agreement on key issues, prompting India to release a chair’s statement rather than the traditional joint declaration due to conflicting perspectives on Middle Eastern developments.
The economic alliance encompasses Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia.
The disagreements stem partly from the opposing positions of Iran and the UAE regarding Tehran’s ongoing conflict with the U.S. and Israel, a confrontation in which Iran has focused attacks on the UAE more extensively than other Gulf nations.
