What to know about India hopes for Putin’s participation in BRICS summit — top diplomat
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar expressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the upcoming BRICS summit in New Delhi. The summit, scheduled for September 12-13, will focus on global economic and political challenges under the theme of resilience, innovation, cooperation, and sustainability.
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What happened
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, visiting Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said at a meeting with the Russian leader.
Why it matters
According to the top Indian diplomat, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking forward to a meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation (SCO) summit and hopes that the Russian president would be able to attend the annual summit of BRICS.
Common ground
"We have a very strong picture of cooperation," he added.
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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.
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Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar expressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the upcoming BRICS summit in New Delhi. The summit, scheduled for September 12-13, will focus on global economic and political challenges under the theme of resilience, innovation, cooperation, and sustainability.
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Claim 1: “The 18th BRICS Summit will be held in New Delhi on September 12-13”
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Multiple authoritative sources, including Wikipedia and TASS, confirm that the 18th BRICS Summit was held in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026.
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— The 18th BRICS Summit was held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India from 12–13 September 2026 under India's 2026 BRICS chairship. It brought together delegations from the BRICS members, partner coun…
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— The 2012 BRICS summit was the fourth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, C…
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— The 2021 BRICS summit is the thirteenth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India…
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Claim 2: “The main theme of the Indian presidency is "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability".”
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The theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability' is explicitly confirmed by the Prime Minister's official address, CSEP, and the BRICS India 2026 website.
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— The 18th BRICS Summit was held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India from 12–13 September 2026 under India's 2026 BRICS chairship. It brought together delegations from the BRICS members, partner coun…
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— BRICS is an international organization currently comprising ten countries: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
Its conceptual ori…
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— India adopted a neutral stance since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war in February 2022. In July 2023, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi said that India is not neutral, but rather on th…
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Claim 3: “India holds the BRICS presidency this year.”
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The claim is corroborated by TASS and multiple web search results (CSEP, PM's address, Wikipedia) stating that India held the BRICS chairship/presidency for the 2026 summit.
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— India, officially the Republic of India, [j][20] is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. [21] Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so…
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— Timeline of Indian history Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised f…
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— India (भारत (Hindi) Bhārat Gaṇarājya), officially the Republic of India, [19] also known as Hindustān, [20] is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area. It is also th…
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Claim 4: “Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes that Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13”
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While evidence confirms the 18th BRICS summit took place in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026, and that India held the presidency, none of the provided evidence specifically mentions Prime Minister Modi's hopes or statements regarding President Putin's attendance.
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— This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Narendra Modi since he became the Prime Minister of India, following his first oath of office in 2014. The first overseas visit was to B…
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— Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 26 May 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and…
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— The foreign policy of the Modi government is associated with the policy initiatives made towards other states by the current government of India after Narendra Modi assumed the office of prime minis…
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