NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India issued a chair's statement on Friday at the conclusion of the annual BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi instead of a joint statement and said there were differing views among some members on the situation in the Middle East.
BRICS includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia.
Iran and the UAE are on opposing sides in Tehran's war with the US andIsrael, during which Iran has targeted the UAE morethan any other Gulf country.
Despite the deadlock on West Asia, the bloc managed to reach consensus on nearly 60 other agenda items, including energy cooperation, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), trade, climate action, financial inclusion and reforms of global governance institutions.
On Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi urged BRICS nations to condemn what he called violations of international law by the United States and Israel.
He accused US ally the United Arab Emirates of direct involvement in military operations against Iran, in a rare moment when Iranian and Emirati officials have been in the same room since the US-Israeli war against Iran began on February 28.