India’s BRICS Presidency faces diplomatic test amid Middle East tensions: Report

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New Delhi, March 19 India’s 2026 BRICS presidency is expected to test New Delhi’s diplomacy even more than its highly successful presidency of the G20 as BRICS members – including Iran, the UAE and Saudi Arabia – navigate divergent positions amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East. The question, a report highlighted on Thursday, is how India would be able to forge consensus language acceptable to all sides. Former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal wrote in India Narrative that the “unwanted war” is presenting unwanted disruptions in India’s ties with West Asia. “Our presidency of BRICS this year will test…