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The BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting officially kicks off at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, bringing together leading voices of the Global South to deliberate on Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability. Team, Covering MEA

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has landed in India for the much anticipated BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. With Russia as a long-standing strategic partner of India, the decades-old partnership is now in focus. This BRICS summit will deepen India-Russia bilateral ties.

Accordingly, platforms such as the India-Africa Forum Summit continue to strengthen the partnership and lay the foundation for a forward looking engagement. India and Africa are set to play a decisive role in defining the emerging global architecture.

with years of colonial tyranny, there are shared ambitions for development. The India - Africa partnership is rooted in capacity building and mutual respect, which extends beyond resource based engagement.

The 4th India-Africa Forum Summit is scheduled to take place in 2026 after an interval of 11 years. New Delhi will be hosting the summit from May 28 to 31, preceded by the meeting of senior officials, foreign ministers, and concluding with the Leaders’ Summit.

This is India's fourth chairmanship since it resumed this role earlier this year, BRICS therefore gives India leverage to amplify Global South voices, push reform, and hedge geopolitically.

India will be hosting the BRICS Foreign-Ministers Summit from 14-15 May 2026, and will be chaired by EAM S. Jaishankar.

With much of the world uncertain about who must lead on climate change, India sees its chance to carve out a lane and define a niche where it enjoys greater political clarity. If it succeeds, it may help India establish itself at the centre of Climate Diplomacy.

In essence, the IBCA project represents an example of India playing its cards wisely. It transforms India's conservation prowess into political leverage by positioning itself in a unique position, one where there exists both moral authority and political clarity.

Seven apex predators, multiple continents, numerous countries. The natural world cannot always be governed through national borders, and neither can conservation.