New Delhi, July 7 -- BRICS leaders convened in Rio de Janeiro for the 17th BRICS Summit from July 6 to 7, where they strongly condemned recent military strikes on Iran and emphasised the need to uphold international law and nuclear safeguards. The leaders, meeting under the theme "Strengthening Global South Cooperation," also reaffirmed their commitment to multilateralism, sustainable development, and peaceful conflict resolution.

During the high-level meeting, the grouping formally inducted Indonesia as a full member and welcomed ten other nations -- including Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Bolivia, and Vietnam -- as new BRICS partner countries, signalling a major expansion of the bloc's outreach.

In the Rio de Janeiro Declaration released after...