Under the leadership of India’s BRICS
Sherpa Sudhakar Dalela, the first BRICS Sherpa Meeting has started in New Delhi
under India’s chairmanship
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Under the leadership of
India’s BRICS Sherpa Sudhakar Dalela, the first BRICS Sherpa Meeting has
started in New Delhi under India’s chairmanship.
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Secretary (Economic
Relations) and India’s BRICS Sherpa Sudhakar Dalela emphasized the key
priorities of India’s chairmanship based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
vision of a people-centric and humanity-first approach.
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India will assume the
BRICS chairmanship for the fourth time this year, having previously served as
chair in 2012, 2016 and 2021.
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The Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to India, M. Kasko,
participated in the first BRICS Sherpa/Sous-Sherpa Meeting in Delhi as the
representative of the Republic of Belarus as a BRICS partner country.
Theme of BRICS under India’s chairmanship
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India’s BRICS
chairmanship is based on the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation,
Cooperation and Sustainability”, which reflects the people-centric and
humanity-first vision articulated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister at the 2025 Rio
Summit.
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India’s chairmanship is
based on four main pillars: Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and
Sustainability.
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Voice of the Global
South: India will emerge as the voice of developing countries (Global South)
and will emphasize multilateralism and counter-terrorism efforts.
¨ India will assume the BRICS presidency in the year 2026 and will host the 18th BRICS Summit.
¨ Indonesia has officially joined BRICS, while Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Nigeria, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Uganda and Uzbekistan have been accepted as BRICS partner countries.
