The first day of the 18th BRICS Summit being held in New Delhi on Saturday (September 12, 2026) saw the grouping arrive at a crucial consensus , as negotiators worked until the last minute to bring Iran and the United Arab Emirates on the same page.
Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the gala dinner hosted by Mr. The reason for the absence of the Chinese President is not immediately known. Mr. Modi . The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, who left for home after attending the BRICS Summit during the day, was also a notable absentee at the high dinner table. The gala dinner also saw the Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with Union Ministers and Chief Ministers of various States in attendance.
Xi arrived in New Delhi on Saturday (September 12, 2026) afternoon and attended the BRICS Summit, besides having a fruitful bilateral meeting with Mr.
Modi, sources aware of the matter said. Meanwhile, the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in New Delhi as a late addition, soon after the departure of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Infusing a distinctive cultural resonance into his official visit to the national capital, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim blended statecraft with classic Bollywood melodies, spontaneously performing Kishore Kumar’s timeless track “ Khwab Ho Tum Ya Koi Haqeeqat ” from the 1965 film Teen Devian .
The Union Ministers, including Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Sarbananda Sonowal, and Kiren Rijiju travelled together in two buses from the Parliament House complex amidst tight security.
The vibrant canvas, born out of the “BRICS Friendship Mural project”, is displayed on a wall inside the main Bharat Mandapam building, which houses the Summit Room, a senior official of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), the cultural arm of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), told PTI. The Department of Posts on Saturday released two commemorative postage stamps to mark two decades of formation of BRICS, an official statement said.
