Xi urges BRICS members to help broker peace in the Middle East
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on BRICS nations at the New Delhi summit to support peace initiatives in the Middle East, saying the war harms the international community.
At the New Delhi BRICS summit, President Xi Jinping urged the member states to contribute to diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the war in the Middle East, calling the conflict detrimental to the international community. He portrayed BRICS as an important coalition of the Global South that can model cooperation among developing nations. The group, originally founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has grown to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates, together accounting for over 40% of the world’s population and nearly a quarter of global output.
Xi also held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stressing a strategic, long-term perspective on bilateral ties and the potential for mutual learning and development. Relations between China and India have improved after recent high-level visits, despite past border tensions. The Chinese leader’s remarks were.
Why it matters
BRICS involvement could shift diplomatic dynamics in the Middle East peace process.
How the sides frame it
MODERATE AGREEMENTAll camps note the BRICS joint statement calling for restraint and condemning the Pahalgam attack, but left-leaning coverage emphasizes the declaration’s focus on a two-state solution, unilateral tariffs and broader geopolitical concerns, while centrist coverage highlights Xi’s call for BRICS to act as a peace broker and the bloc’s economic initiatives, and right-leaning coverage stresses the warning about rising global arms spending and the legal duty to aid Gaza.
LEFT
Left-leaning coverage frames the summit as a platform for a detailed BRICS declaration that backs a two-state solution, condemns unilateral tariffs, and denounces terrorism.
CENTER
Centrist coverage frames Xi’s appeal for BRICS to mediate Middle-East peace and the bloc’s role as a global diplomatic and economic coalition.
The left emphasises
- backed a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- concerns about the rise of unilateral tariffs and non-tariff measures
- condemned the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack
How this story developed
- Sep 4 India Hosts 2026 BRICS Leaders Summit with Global Leaders in New Delhi
- Sep 9 A bilateral meeting between Modi and Putin has been added to the summit agenda.
- Sep 9 India is positioning the summit as a development‑oriented bridge and has set aside the idea of a shared BRICS currency.
- Sep 10 India’s chairmanship delivered 20 sector‑specific agreements on SMEs, startups and supply‑chain resilience.
- Sep 10 Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to attend the summit, marking his first visit to India since 2019.
- Sep 10 India deploys roughly 25,000 security personnel and implements traffic diversions ahead of the summit.
- Sep 11 Delhi traffic to be rerouted from 2 pm to 8:30 pm on Friday for the BRICS summit.
- Sep 11 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin rode together in the Russian leader's Aurus limousine from the SCO summit to their bilateral meeting venue in New Delhi.
- Sep 11 Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian touched down in New Delhi for bilateral talks ahead of the summit.
- Sep 11 The two leaders shared a car ride to the INNOPROM India exhibition after their bilateral talks.
- Sep 11 BRICS expanded to eleven member countries.
- Sep 12 The 18th BRICS summit opened in New Delhi with India presiding and leaders including Xi Jinping arriving for the meeting.
- Sep 12 Modi called for immediate UN Security Council reform and urged the Global South to become a rule‑shaper at the summit's opening.
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