The bloc adopted a consensus text condemning aggression and warning of nuclear risk, with no reference to the US strikes on Iran or Iranian attacks on Gulf states.
BRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration by full consensus at their summit in India this weekend, a text condemning aggression in general terms and warning of growing risks of nuclear danger and conflict, while making no direct reference to the American strikes on Iran or to Iranian attacks on Gulf Arab states.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was in the room when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the adoption, alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who represented the UAE. Modi said the draft encapsulated the substance of the discussions and reflected the bloc's perspectives on global and regional issues. It passed with no opposition. Securing consensus had been one of India's declared objectives for its chairmanship, and Indian officials treated the outcome as a diplomatic success.
For Tehran the value is more direct. Iran has spent the past six months at war with the United States, has kept the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to commercial traffic, and is accused by Bahrain and Saudi Arabia of striking infrastructure across the Gulf. It nonetheless secured a place at a summit that produced a unanimous statement about peaceful dispute resolution without naming any of it. (Read More)
