Hoping to paper cracks in BRICS over war, New Delhi sends out invitations for FMs’ meet and Summit

Hoping to forge an elusive consensus over the war in West Asia, New Delhi is going ahead with planning key meetings of BRICS countries this year in India, and has sent out invitations for the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting to be held in May and the 18th BRICS Summit in September. According to a number of officials and diplomats, the invitations to the 10-nation grouping that also includes Iran and the United Arab Emirates went out in mid-March. Both countries have rebuffed several attempts by India— as the current Chair of BRICS— to issue a joint statement. Officials said it…