Bilats, brush-bys, pull-asides: The secret art of summitry at BRICS

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Synopsis The BRICS Summit 2026 in New Delhi will showcase the art of summit diplomacy, from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s key bilaterals with Vladimir Putin and a possible Xi Jinping meeting to pull-asides, walk-and-talks and corridor conversations. With BRICS expanding to 11 members, India must balance geopolitics, trade, energy and global governance while using summit choreography, personal chemistry and diplomatic signalling to build consensus. This weekend, New Delhi will become a giant diplomatic stage. Leaders will arrive, flags will go up, motorcades will sweep through the city and the world’s cameras will wait for the handshakes. But the real…

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