New Delhi
New Delhi will host the 18th BRICS Summit on 12-13 September 2026, with President Xi Jinping of China, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian among the leaders and senior representatives attending the summit.
Brazil will be represented by its Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro Vieira, while Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali will lead the Ethiopian delegation. Saudi Arabia will be represented by Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, while South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and UAE Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will attend the summit.
India has also invited leaders of BRICS partner countries. Belarus will be represented by Foreign Affairs Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov, Bolivia by Charge d’Affaires Arlette Gabriela Bustamante GarcÃa, and Cuba by Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla.
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Nigerian Vice President Kashim Shettima, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Ugandan Vice President Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister and Economy and Finance Minister Jamshid Kuchkarov and Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung are also scheduled to participate.
The summit will also bring together the current chairs of key regional organisations. Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., as chair of ASEAN, Burundi President Évariste Ndayishimiye, as chair of the African Union, and Bahrain Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, as chair of the Gulf Cooperation Council, are among those expected to attend.
Uruguay Foreign Affairs Minister Mario Lubetkin, representing the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, will also participate. Kazakhstan President Tokayev will represent the Eurasian Economic Union in his capacity as the country chair.
Heads of major international organisations will also take part in the summit. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus are scheduled to attend.
New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank President and Chair of the Board of Directors Zou Jiayi, International Solar Alliance Director General Ashish Khanna and Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Director General Amit Prothi are also listed among the participants.
