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The BRICS Foreign Ministers’ gathering that concluded present connected Friday (May 15, 2026), reaffirmed the grouping’s telephone for the instauration of an ‘independent and viable State of Palestine’ wrong the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem arsenic its capital.
While statement emerged connected the Statehood for Palestine, respective different issues saw the members disagreeing among themselves, which prevented the emergence of a Joint Statement, starring alternatively to the merchandise of a ‘Chair’s Statement and Outcome Document’.
Sources said that determination were respective important disagreements betwixt delegations of the United Arab Emirates and Iran, whose Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi addressed a property conference present connected Friday (May 15, 2026), asserting Tehran’s presumption connected aggregate issues similar the bitterness with the UAE and the power implicit the Strait of Hormuz, which helium described arsenic a maritime portion that falls wrong the “territorial waters of Iran and Oman”.
“They reaffirmed their enactment for the State of Palestine’s afloat rank successful the UN successful the discourse of the unwavering committedness to the two-state solution successful accordance with planetary law, including applicable UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions and the Arab Peace initiative, that includes the constitution of a sovereign, autarkic and viable State of Palestine wrong the internationally recognized 1967 borders, which included Gaza Strip and the West Bak, with East Jerusalem arsenic its capital, to execute the imaginativeness of 2 States surviving broadside by broadside successful bid and security,” the Chair’s Statement said.
While the conception connected Palestinian statehood did not gully immoderate objection from members, determination were indications astir the UAE’s objection from Mr. Araghchi, who, successful effect to a question connected a reported objection from a BRICS subordinate authorities connected the paragraph connected Gaza Strip, said, “Everybody knows which state blocked thing against Israel. This state provided in-depth assistance to the US and Israel with their subject bases. As acold arsenic we are concerned, they are a nonstop enactment to this aggression and should beryllium held responsible.”
The paragraph connected the Gaza Strip described the territory arsenic an “inseparable portion of the Occupied Palestinian Territory” portion calling for “unifying the West Bank and Gaza Strip nether the Palestinian Authority”.
The absorption connected handing implicit the Gaza Strip’s power from Hamas, which is blamed for the October 7, 2023 attacks connected Israel, to the Palestinian National Authority led by President Mahmoud Abbas, is understandably the contented implicit which exchanges took spot betwixt Iran and the UAE, with some sides raising objections to “formulations”.
Sources besides indicated that the paragraph successful the papers that highlights the value of Bab Al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea, wherever the Iran-backed Houthi militias person accrued obstructive activities, besides drew absorption from Iran. When asked, a root who was contiguous wrong the main league hallway successful Bharat Mandapam connected some days, said the exchanges betwixt Iran and the UAE were extended and candid and “both sides believed that they were close successful dealing with the warfare successful the mode that they did.”
In his property conference, Mr. Araghchi highlighted the maritime concern successful the Gulf region, saying the “situation successful the Strait of Hormuz is complicated” and blamed the United States for the blockade. The Chair’s Statement and Outcome Document placed it connected grounds that “There were differing views among immoderate members arsenic regards the concern successful West Asia’/Middle East region.”
Urging continued dialog betwixt the U.S. and Iran that stalled aft US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s proposals earlier this week, the substance reminded the “value of dialog and diplomacy” and besides called for “safe and unimpeded travel of maritime commerce done planetary waterways and the extortion of civilian infrastructure and civilian lives.” The notation of “international waterways” was intelligibly aimed astatine the chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz that Mr. Araghchi refused to see arsenic an planetary maritime zone.
“Iran and Oman are 2 countries progressive successful the 2 sides of the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait is located successful the territorial waters of Iran and Oman, and determination are nary planetary waters successful between. So, everything should beryllium managed betwixt Iran and Oman,” said Mr. Araghchi, explaining that the aboriginal statement is being discussed betwixt the 2 countries that volition guarantee creaseless navigation erstwhile the struggle ends.
The Hindu had reported that Kazem Gharibabadi, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran, had announced present earlier this week that Iran is moving with experts to make a “protocol” that volition see a fiscal constituent for Tehran since it provides services similar navigation and rescue enactment to vessels successful the Strait of Hormuz. In effect to a question, Mr. Araghchi said the larboard of Chabahar successful Iran is similar a “golden gate” for India to entree Central Asia and the Caucasus and past Europe”.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov besides addressed a restricted property briefing wherever helium assured the Indian broadside of continued vigor supplies from Russia and discussed practice connected the North-South Transport Corridor, outgo colony successful nationalist currencies and atomic vigor cooperation.
