The meeting placed particular emphasis on strengthening institutional engagement between India and the African Union, while also reviewing cooperation in economic development, agriculture, healthcare and capacity building.
BRICS therefore needs to think about trade resilience geographically. Major trading relationships between member countries should ideally have more than one commercially viable transport route so that disruption at one corridor does not automatically interrupt the entire flow of goods.
India exported goods worth around $96 billion to BRICS partner countries during 2025-26. ASSOCHAM estimates that this could increase to as much as $200 billion by 2030 if India succeeds in expanding market access, strengthening commercial partnerships and increasing its presence across the growing economies of the grouping.
India and Kazakhstan share broader security interests in Central Asia, including regional stability, counter-terrorism and the security environment surrounding Afghanistan. Continued defence engagement therefore remains an important pillar of the bilateral relationship.
The meeting provided both leaders an opportunity to review the broader India–Uganda relationship and identify areas where development cooperation and economic engagement can be expanded. Prime Minister Modi also thanked Vice President Alupo for Uganda’s participation in the BRICS Summit.
Prime Minister Modi welcomed the Philippines’ participation in the BRICS Summit in its capacity as the current chair of ASEAN. The meeting provided both leaders with an opportunity to review the progress made in bilateral relations since India and the Philippines formally elevated their relationship to a Strategic Partnership during President Marcos’ State Visit to India in August 2025.
Recent defence reporting in September 2026 says engineering changes to the LUH have produced an approximately 30–40% reduction in overall vibration response, while vibration in a critical vertical range has reportedly fallen by nearly 50%.
Visakhapatnam is one of India’s largest coastal cities and combines dense urban settlements with industrial areas, hills, freshwater habitats and the Bay of Bengal coastline.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Uruguayan Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin in New Delhi on September 11, 2026, during Lubetkin’s visit for the 18th BRICS Summit. The meeting comes at a time when India is significantly increasing its diplomatic and economic engagement with Uruguay and the wider Latin American region.
Even the World Trade Organization now describes the global economy as increasingly “multipolar and diverse.” Its 2026 World Trade Report notes that low- and middle-income economies accounted for only 23 per cent of global merchandise trade in 1995 but around 45 per cent by 2024. Economic weight has moved considerably beyond the traditional industrial powers, and political influence is beginning to follow it.
