“India, as the 2026 chair of the BRICS forum, will walk a tricky diplomatic tightrope on May 14 and 15 as the bloc’s foreign ministers meet in the country. New Delhi must prevent intra-group geopolitical divisions over the Middle East crisis from widening into a historic rupture.” “The goal is to keep Teheran from using military force against other members for the first time since the bloc’s founding.” “The war has seen Iran, alongside Russia and China, seek to adopt common positions on the conflict. Meanwhile, other BRICS+ members such as the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, which have historically been US allies, have sought different pathways forward.” “The two powers [India, China] also disagree on anti-US policies and de-dollarisation. China and Russia have pushed for alternative payment systems and a common BRICS currency or reserve asset. Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal previously dismissed the idea of a BRICS currency as ‘impossible’…”
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/brics-wall-has-growing-middle-east-cracks