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Efforts to physique a statement wrong the BRICS connected the ongoing struggle successful the Gulf person been dilatory arsenic respective members of the grouping—including Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—are progressive successful the situation that began connected February 28 erstwhile the United States and Israel attacked Iran, said a elder Indian authoritative connected Saturday (March 14, 2026).
“Some BRICS members are straight progressive successful the existent concern successful the West Asia region, which has impacted forging a statement connected a communal BRICS presumption connected the ongoing conflict. As Chair of BRICS, India has been facilitating discussions among members done the Sherpa channel,” said Randhir Jaiswal, authoritative spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs.
Iran-Israel warfare updates connected March 14, 2026
The acknowledgement of intra-BRICS dialog came adjacent arsenic External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar continued his telephone calls with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi and different determination diplomats. Mr. Jaishankar held his latest telephone with Mr. Araghchi connected Thursday (March 12, 2026), erstwhile the BRICS Sherpas gathering took spot virtually. “In this conversation, we discussed and exchanged views connected bilateral matters arsenic good arsenic issues related to BRICS,” Mr. Jaishankar said successful an online station connected Friday (March 14, 2026).
The BRICS grouping is scheduled to conscionable successful India aboriginal this year. India is the existent Chair of the 11-member bloc, which expanded connected January 1, 2024, erstwhile Saudi Arabia, Iran and the UAE became members.
However, the struggle successful the Gulf has placed the grouping nether accent from aggregate directions. Following the U.S.-Israel attacks connected Tehran and different Iranian locations, Iran retaliated by targeting U.S. subject and information assets successful Saudi Arabia and the UAE, arsenic good arsenic U.S.-owned vigor installations successful the region. The rulers of the UAE are calling connected Iran to halt the attacks and let abstraction for diplomacy.
The situation has besides triggered vigor marketplace disruptions, affecting large energy-importing BRICS members specified arsenic China and India, and expanding calls for a de-escalation of the conflict.
