BRICS Summit Can’t Muster Joint Statement On Iran War Amid Deepening Division

The two-day meeting of BRICS foreign ministers in New Delhi ended on Friday without a joint statement due to “differing views” on the US-Israeli war against Iran and the current situation in West Asia, the Indian government said in a statement. Representatives expressed “their respective national positions and shared a range of perspectives,” the Indian statement read. The statement added that one member state had “reservations” about issues related to Gaza, as well as security in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said during the meeting that “Iran is a country that cannot be divided. The era of American dominance is over.“ He also singled out the UAE for blocking the ministerial BRICS statement, and pointed out its “own special relationship with Israel.“ The BRICS meeting coincided with major tensions between the Islamic Republic and the UAE – both bloc members. Tehran has repeatedly slammed the direct Emirati involvement in the US-Israeli war. On Thursday during the BRICS summit, Araghchi urged all members of the bloc to condemn the “unlawful aggression” by the US and Israel. Araghchi directly addressed the Emirati representative during the meeting, calling Abu Dhabi an “active partner” in the war on Iran. “I didn’t […]