BRICS in India: Putin, Xi and other world leaders to attend Summit

India is set to host the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit on September 12 and 13. India is chairing BRICS this year. The summit will be held at Bharat Mandapam and will focus on issues including multilateralism, trade, investment, energy and food security, supply chains and global governance. The 11 full members of BRICS are Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Xi Jinping — President, China, Vladimir Putin — President, Russia, Cyril Ramaphosa-President, South Africa, Masoud Pezeshkian — President, Iran, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi — President, Egypt, Abiy Ahmed — Prime Minister, Ethiopia, Prabowo Subianto — President, Indonesia, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan — Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, UAE  and Mauro Vieira — Foreign minister, Brazil are attending the event. Eight BRICS partner and outreach countries ar also participating. They are-Alexander Lukashenko — President, Belarus, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev — President, Kazakhstan, Anwar Ibrahim — Prime Minister, Malaysia, Anutin Charnvirakul — Prime Minister, Thailand, Miguel Díaz-Canel — President, Cuba, Bola Ahmed Tinubu — President, Nigeria, Shavkat Mirziyoyev — President, Uzbekistan and Jessica Alupo — Vice-President, Uganda. António Guterres — UN Secretary-General is also in the list of invitee.
India’s BRICS presidency is centred on four pillars — resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability — guided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Humanity First” approach. The agenda is generally expected to focus on trade, development financing and reform of global institutions. However, the summit comes amid the conflict between Iran and the US, and its broader impact on the  global economy, including an energy crisis that has particularly affected Asia. The issue is therefore likely to emerge as a major point