India to Host BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on May 14–15 Under Its Chairship

India will host the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on May 14 and 15 under its chairship of the grouping, marking an important diplomatic engagement as New Delhi prepares to steer the expanded bloc’s agenda in 2026. The meeting will be chaired by External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and will bring together foreign ministers and heads of delegation from BRICS member and partner countries.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the visiting delegates are also scheduled to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their stay in India. The two-day meeting is expected to focus on global and regional issues of common interest, with discussions likely to reflect the priorities of emerging economies at a time of shifting geopolitical alignments, economic uncertainty and continuing debate over the future of multilateral institutions.

One of the key sessions during the meeting will be held under the theme “BRICS@20: Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”. The theme signals the grouping’s attempt to look beyond traditional economic cooperation and position itself as a platform for long-term coordination on development, technology, climate resilience, supply chains and sustainable growth.

Another major session will focus on reforms of global governance and the multilateral system. This comes at a time when developing and emerging economies have been calling for greater representation in global institutions, including financial bodies and decision-making forums that continue to reflect post-Second World War power structures. For India, this issue has remained a central plank of its foreign policy, especially in the context of Global South representation and reform of the United Nations system.

The meeting also carries significance because India is hosting it as chair of BRICS in 2026. The previous BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting was held on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025, where India participated as the incoming chair of the grouping.

BRICS, which originally brought together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has expanded in recent years to include new member countries and partner countries. The expansion has increased the grouping’s geopolitical weight, while also making coordination more complex because of the diversity of interests among its members.

For India, the May 14–15 meeting provides an opportunity to shape the BRICS conversation around practical cooperation, reformed multilateralism, innovation-led development and resilience in the face of global disruptions. It also reinforces New Delhi’s role as a bridge between major economies, emerging powers and the wider Global South.

The discussions in India are expected to lay the groundwork for the larger BRICS agenda through the year, especially as the grouping enters its twentieth-year framework with a broader membership and higher expectations from developing economies.