New Delhi has become the centre of global diplomacy as foreign ministers and senior officials prepare to gather for the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on May 14–15, 2026. In a notable arrival ahead of the talks, Uzbekistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Aloyev Bakhromjon Joraboevich reached the Indian capital on Wednesday, underlining deepening engagement between Uzbekistan and other BRICS partners.
The Ministry of External Affairs welcomed the visiting dignitary on social media, with spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal greeting the deputy minister as he landed in New Delhi for the summit. The two-day meeting will be chaired by India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.
Delegations from BRICS members and partner countries will use the forum to address pressing global and regional issues. The summit comes amid heightened international tensions, with divisions over the West Asia conflict among the most urgent challenges expected to test the grouping’s ability to reach consensus.
India intends the meeting to be more than a series of closed-door talks. Visiting ministers and senior officials are scheduled to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reflecting New Delhi’s effort to combine summit diplomacy with high-level bilateral engagement.
Key participants include influential regional actors such as Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Russia’s Sergey Lavrov. Their presence is expected to keep discussions focused on the immediate geopolitical realities shaping the current international landscape.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the agenda will cover a range of global and regional developments, allowing the diverse partners in the expanded BRICS grouping to exchange perspectives on security challenges, economic cooperation, and reform of multilateral institutions. The goal is to align strategic priorities and explore coordinated approaches to an increasingly complex world order.
The second day of the meeting will turn to a longer-term agenda under the theme BRICS@20: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability. Delegates will discuss institutional reform and ways to reshape global governance to better reflect the interests of the Global South and emerging economies.
BRICS has expanded significantly in recent years, bringing in countries such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE alongside the original members. By hosting this larger coalition, New Delhi hopes to help forge a more unified voice capable of addressing systemic inequities and advancing a fairer international architecture while managing the internal dynamics of a rapidly growing bloc.
The gathering in New Delhi will be closely watched as a test of the expanded BRICS’ capacity to find common ground on divisive issues and to craft a cohesive agenda for cooperation and reform. The meeting’s outcomes may influence how the bloc positions itself in an era of shifting geopolitical alignments.
This report is based on material from ANI, published May 13, 2026.
