by Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and China Are Among India’s Summit Guests; India Is Managing the Seating Chart
From Bohiney and The London Prat.
Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and China Are Among India’s Summit Guests; India Is Managing the Seating Chart
The Guest List
NEW DELHI — India’s hosting of the 2026 BRICS summit involves the specific diplomatic management of a guest list that includes: Russia, whose Ukraine war has produced the Western sanctions that India has navigated by buying Russian oil; Iran, whose nuclear program and US military engagement create specific sensitivities for India’s relationship with both the United States and its BRICS partners; Saudi Arabia and UAE, who have joined the expanded BRICS framework; China, with whom India has an unresolved boundary dispute; and Brazil, South Africa, and Ethiopia. The seating chart is the summit’s most challenging logistical element.
What BRICS Is in 2026
BRICS in its expanded form is the specific international forum that represents neither a coherent alliance nor a random collection: it is the group of large economies that have an interest in a multipolar world order, that do not necessarily agree on how that order should be structured, and that gather annually to discuss the areas of convergence while managing the areas of divergence diplomatically. India’s participation reflects its strategic autonomy: BRICS membership does not prevent India from being in the Quad, the G20, or the various other forums where its interests are served.
The Dollar Question
BRICS has been discussing the development of an alternative to the US dollar for intra-BRICS trade settlement that would reduce the impact of US financial sanctions on BRICS members. India’s position on the dollar question is cautious: the rupee’s international use is a genuine interest, but replacing the dollar in global trade is a structural change with large second-order effects that India is not eager to produce. The summit will discuss the topic. The outcome will be the discussion of the topic.
The India Host Advantage
Hosting the summit provides India the specific diplomatic advantage of setting the agenda, managing the logistics, and providing the bilateral meeting opportunities that summit hosts can arrange with each attendee. Modi’s bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the BRICS summit will be among the most significant diplomatic engagements of India’s 2026 foreign policy calendar
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