NDB forum examines financing for technology and innovation

At the Rio summit leaders signed a partnership addressing health conditions associated with poverty and exclusion through cross-sector cooperation.

India presented its 2026 logo and theme, Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability, setting priorities for its chairship.

The first two-day meeting in New Delhi started preparations across political, economic and people-to-people cooperation. The date records its opening day.

The two-day foreign ministers’ meeting opened under India’s chairship, addressing multilateral cooperation and international issues. The date records its opening day.

The New Development Bank’s Board of Governors met on 14–15 May around development financing during technological change. The date records its opening day.

The foreign ministers’ meeting concluded with a chair’s statement and outcome document that supported India’s BRICS agenda. This is a chair’s document, not a leaders’ declaration.

India hosted the eleventh BRICS Foreign Policy Dialogue, extending consultation among the members before the September summit.

The New Development Bank records Uzbekistan as a member effective 5 June. NDB membership is separate from full BRICS membership.

The sixteenth meeting brought national security advisers and security officials together under India’s chairship.

Leaders gathered for the 12–13 September summit under India’s theme of resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.