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India fails to get joint statement at BRICS foreign ministers meet
India fails to get joint statement at BRICS foreign ministers meet
India's chairmanship of BRICS faces its first test after the foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on May 14-15 failed to produce a joint statement. Host India released only a Chair's Statement…
The Story in Brief
India's chairmanship of BRICS faces its first test after the foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on May 14-15 failed to produce a joint statement. Host India released only a Chair's Statement after tensions between Iran and the UAE over alleged military cooperation with the US and Israel blocked consensus. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi skipped the meeting, staying in Beijing to meet US President Donald Trump, and sent the ambassador instead. The 11-member bloc accounts for 49.5% of global population and 40% of world GDP.
The Indian Opinion
The failed joint statement is a reminder that BRICS is less a united front than a sprawling club of conflicting interests. Western commentators are already declaring the bloc's irrelevance, but that misses the point: BRICS survives precisely because it is not an exclusive club. The real test will be this September's summit in New Delhi, when India must broker a position on Iran without alienating the UAE or Russia. Can Delhi deliver a concrete outcome on de-dollarisation or UN reform, or will the chair's statement remain the lowest common denominator?
Source: millenniumpost.in
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