BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration — South China Morning Post
In New Delhi, India, participants in the 18th BRICS summit unanimously adopted the New Delhi Declaration after a year of internal disagreements within the bloc. The document, among other things, mentioned the April 2025 attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed, and also included calls for reform of the United Nations.
As the South China Morning Post reports, the summit was held at the Bharat Mandapam convention center, located on the site of the former Pragati Maidan exhibition grounds. BRICS, which marked its 20th anniversary, has 11 members.
Meeting between Modi and Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited India for the first time in seven years and met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The meeting was perceived as a signal of a possible thaw in relations between the two countries. In this context, assessments were voiced about partnership, the need not to turn differences into disputes, and the importance of peace along the disputed Himalayan border.
At the international media center, Chinese and Indian journalists worked side by side. Representatives of China’s state broadcaster also appeared on broadcasts by Indian television channel DD News and agency ANI, where they spoke favorably about Xi Jinping’s visit and the venue of the event.
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Traffic restrictions and transport
Preparations for the summit in the capital were accompanied by traffic restrictions. Delhi police said that the city was not closed, but that traffic was merely being regulated. At the same time, according to the publication, people waited for hours while convoys of high-ranking officials drove along the roads, and barriers were installed on certain streets.
Journalists also encountered a lack of Wi-Fi at the media center and problems with the promised evening shuttles. About 40 media workers were taken in a police van to the point from which they had been picked up for the event in the morning.
At the end of the week, Beijing and Islamabad held the first meeting of the Pakistan-China Joint Border Commission. New Delhi rejected this format, stating that it has no legal basis and that it does not recognize the Pakistan-China border in territory that India continues to consider its own.
