India will host the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on May 14–15, says Spokesperson for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal on Tuesday.
BRICS brings together 11 major emerging markets and developing countries of the world – Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
It serves as a “useful platform” for consultation and cooperation on contemporary issues having global as well as regional significance, and issues of global political and economic governance.
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The meeting will be chaired by External Affairs Minister of India Dr S Jaishankar, Jaiswal said in a regular media briefing in New Delhi.
He said BRICS Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegation from member and partner countries will participate in the meeting. They will also call on Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
During the meeting, they will exchange views on global and regional issues of mutual interest.
On the second day, BRICS member and partner countries will participate in a session themed "BRICS@20: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.”
This will be followed by a session on the "Reforms of Global Governance and Multilateral System.”
The BRICS Foreign Ministers held their last meeting on the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) on 26 September 2025. The meeting was chaired by India in its capacity as the incoming BRICS Chair for 2026.
BRIC was formalised at the first meeting of BRIC Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York in 2006.
The inaugural BRIC Summit was convened in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2009.
It was agreed to expand BRIC into BRICS with the inclusion of South Africa at the BRIC Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New York in 2010. Accordingly, South Africa attended the 3rd BRICS Summit in Sanya in 2011.
Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE became full member of BRICS in January 2024 and Indonesia in January 2025.
Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Vietnam joined BRICS as partner countries in 2025.