India sends out invitations to BRICS summit — diplomat

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 04, 2026 · 132 words

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What to know about India sends out invitations to BRICS summit — diplomat

India has issued invitations to heads of state and international associations for the BRICS summit scheduled for September 12-13 in New Delhi. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Randhir Jaiswal confirmed the preparations, and a government source noted that Russia has also been invited.

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What happened

India, which presides over BRICS this year, has sent invitations to heads of state and government for the association’s September summit, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Randhir Jaiswal told reporters.

Why it matters

"We are preparing [for the summit] and have already sent out invitations," the diplomat said, without specifying whether India had received any responses.

Common ground

According to Jaiswal, invitations have also been sent to several heads of international associations to take part in a BRICS Outreach session.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “India, which presides over BRICS this year”

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Multiple sources confirm India is presiding over BRICS. TASS explicitly states 'India is presiding over the association this year' and Wikipedia confirms India's chairmanship for the 18th summit.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Oxford English Dictionary (third edition - 2009) says that the name "India" comes from the Classical Latin name India. It was originally used for the Indian subcontinent and the areas to its east.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

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web search NEUTRAL — Policies of company rule in India led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857. India was afterwards ruled directly by the British Crown, in the British Raj. After World War I, a nationwide struggle for indepe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India

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web search NEUTRAL — Etymology According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the English proper noun "India" derives most immediately from the Classical Latin India, a reference to a loosely-defined historical region of Asi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

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Claim 2: “The 18th BRICS summit will take place in New Delhi on September 12-13”

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There is a direct contradiction regarding the year. TASS reports the 18th BRICS summit will take place in New Delhi on September 12-13 (implying the current year), whereas Wikipedia explicitly states the 18th BRICS Summit is scheduled to be hosted by India in 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_BRICS_summit

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 18th BRICS Summit is an upcoming international summit of the BRICS nations, scheduled to be hosted by India in 2026 as part of its BRICS chairmanship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_BRICS_summit

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries: Brazil, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia and the United Arab Emirates. Its conceptual origins w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS

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Claim 3: “invitations have also been sent to several heads of international associations to take part in a BRICS Outreach session”

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TASS and India Today both report that invitations were sent to heads of international associations for a BRICS Outreach session, citing diplomat Jaiswal.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2018 BRICS summit is the tenth annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five member states of BRICS at the time: Braz…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_BRICS_summit

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 BRICS summit was the sixteenth annual BRICS summit, held in Kazan, Russia. It was the first BRICS summit to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates as members, following t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_BRICS_summit

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Claim 4: “India’s presidency slogan is "Building Resilience and Innovation for Cooperation and Sustainability."”

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Multiple sources (CSEP and other web results) confirm the slogan/theme is 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Ara…
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Claim 5: “India had forwarded an invitation to Russia to participate in the upcoming BRICS summit”

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The Hindu reports that Putin is expected to attend the September BRICS summit in Delhi, which corroborates that an invitation was extended to Russia.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) is the foreign investment strategies grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. The term has been rendered as "the BRICs", "the BRIC countries", "the BRIC ec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC_(economics_term)

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Claim 6: “India... has sent invitations to heads of state and government for the association’s September summit”

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Multiple independent sources confirm India has sent invitations to heads of state and government for a September summit. This is reported in web search results and mentioned in the context of invitations to the BIMSTEC chair.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The original member states of BRICS, an international organization of world economies, consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. South Africa formally joined in 2010 and attended the 3rd BRICS su…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_BRICS

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