BRICS Summit Opens in New Delhi Amid War and Trade Tensions. Here's what each side is saying, and what none of them are telling you.
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📰 THE FULL STORY
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday, September 12 for a BRICS summit, joining leaders from India, Russia and Iran. Wars, trade and energy security dominated the two-day meeting of the 11-nation bloc. Xi held face-to-face talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first visit to India since 2019, a moment that reflected a cautious thaw six years after a 2020 military clash on their disputed Tibetan border.
Modi embraced Russian President Vladimir Putin before their talks. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said pressure on Iran has reached a critical and dangerous stage following military aggression by the United States and Israel.
Within the bloc, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE hold sharply differing positions on the US-Israel war launched in February. UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi also attended. Brazil was represented by Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira.
Harsh V Pant of the Observer Research Foundation said the Gulf conflict will be the central fault line at the summit. The tension over shared positions was already visible in May, when BRICS foreign ministers failed to agree on a joint statement during their meeting in New Delhi.
⬅️ HOW THE LEFT COVERS IT
The New York Times frames the summit as a contest for leadership, foregrounding how China and India vie for influence within the bloc rather than the war agenda itself. Its coverage stresses the internal friction of the group, asking why emerging powers keep joining BRICS even when they disagree. This framing centers the durability of the bloc despite discord and the great-power rivalry running beneath it. It downplays the specific Middle East and energy security fault lines that other outlets place at the center. (New York Times)
⬛ HOW THE CENTER COVERS IT
CNA offers the institutional read, treating the summit as one overshadowed by war, with wars, trade and energy security dominating talks. It foregrounds concrete diplomatic detail that partisan sides skip: Xi's first India visit since 2019, the cautious thaw after the 2020 border clash, Modi's embrace of Putin, and Pezeshkian's warning about pressure on Iran. It cites analyst Harsh V Pant calling the Gulf conflict the central fault line and notes BRICS foreign ministers failed to agree on a joint statement in May. This context underlines a bloc divided on the US-Israel war among Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. (CNA)
➡️ HOW THE RIGHT COVERS IT
No coverage at time of publication.
⚠️ WHAT THEY AREN'T TELLI
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