Brics‘ inability to speak with one voice The Middle East Conflict has been a severe test of Indiathe camp’s leadership, revealing the challenge of building harmony among its 10 members with different interests and concerns.
The bloc was unable to agree on a common position on the war at a meeting of Brics officials to discuss Middle East and North Africa issues in New Delhi last week.
Brics has long sought to present itself as a voice for the Global South as disenchantment with the US-led world order continues to grow. But analysts say the expansion of the union has led to competing priorities, especially considering the members. Iran and United Arab Emirates they are combatants in an escalating war, when did it begin? United States and Israel attacked Tehran on February 28.
Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said during a ministerial meeting that Brics members could not reach an agreement on April 24 because of differences over the “West Asian” conflict, a term widely used in Indian diplomatic circles to refer to the Middle East.
In its capacity as the current Brics chair, India issued a weak document reflecting the results of negotiations among the bloc’s members without committing to a single position, Jaiswal said.
Members “expressed deep concern” over recent developments in the Middle East, and discussed the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Lebanon and post-war reconstruction in Syria, among other issues, according to the document.
