The two-day BRICS summit hosted by India is scheduled to begin Saturday, with the agenda centered on strengthening collective resilience in food, energy, health, disaster reduction and critical supply chains. The meeting takes place as the global economy faces strain from the Russia-Ukraine war, the West Asia crisis — including the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz — and U.S. trade and tariff policies under the Trump administration.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto are among the leaders expected to attend. Three days before the summit, it remained unclear whether member nations had reached consensus on a joint statement, with differences reported between Iran and the UAE over the West Asia crisis.