The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi marked the bloc's 20th anniversary with a unanimously adopted 140-point declaration backing UN reform and India's bigger global role.

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• All 11 BRICS member nations unanimously adopted the 140-point New Delhi Declaration at the summit's opening session on September 12, 2026.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi said no member country objected to the joint text, calling it a diplomatic success for India's chairship.
• The declaration reaffirmed support for Brazil and India's aspirations to a permanent UN Security Council seat, with China and Russia repeating their backing.
• BRICS leaders condemned the April 2025 Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 people, and demanded zero tolerance without double standards on terrorism.
• The bloc urged swift adoption of the UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism to close gaps in global counter-terrorism cooperation.
• Leaders opposed unilateral tariffs and secondary sanctions, calling for immediate restoration of the two-tier World Trade Organisation dispute settlement mechanism.
• The declaration promoted local-currency trade settlements and interoperable cross-border payments through a dedicated BRICS Payment Task Force.
• BRICS also backed expanding the New Development Bank's membership and local-currency lending, alongside a new BRICS-NDB Knowledge Portal.
• On West Asia, leaders voiced deep concern over strikes on civilian and nuclear infrastructure and demanded an immediate Gaza ceasefire with a two-state solution.
• The External Affairs Ministry said the summit delivered over 50 concrete outcomes across thematic tracks, including India-led initiatives on financial risk, AI and big-cat conservation.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian were among the leaders attending the two-day summit.
• Prime Minister Modi handed the BRICS chairship to China for 2027, marking the grouping's entry into its third decade after this 20th-anniversary summit.