India Pushes BRICS Declaration On Global Order Overhaul — SkimNews
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- BRICS adopted the New Delhi Declaration at its 20th summit, and panellists reviewed it as a comprehensive consensus document representing diverse member interests.
- Panellists analyzed the unfolding West Asia crisis, highlighting what they called the breakdown of post-Ottoman arrangements and the risks for nations dependent on external military protection.
- The discussion stressed the need for independent economic payment mechanisms among BRICS economies specifically to counter Western trade restrictions.
- Panellists flagged concerns over rapid erosion of global strategic stability, weakening of historic maritime freedom of navigation, and the diminishing influence of traditional superpowers.
- Ambassador Trigunayat defended the declaration as a consensus document, emphasizing the Prime Minister's call for the Global South to act as a "rule shaper."
- The declaration also addressed preventing attacks on nuclear infrastructure and collectively resisting what Trigunayat called "emerging technological apartheid."
Why it matters: India cements its role as BRICS diplomatic convener by securing consensus across diverse members on a declaration calling for independent payment mechanisms to counter Western trade restrictions. The 20th-summit declaration is significant given the active West Asia crisis that panellists flagged as already testing post-Ottoman arrangements.
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