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Iran’s Foreign Minister to Attend BRICS Meeting in India Amid Tensions<\/strong><\/p>\n Iran’s Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, is set to visit New Delhi this week for a BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting. This gathering, taking place on May 14-15, is particularly important as it comes at a time of rising tensions in West Asia that are impacting global energy markets. The meeting is held under India’s leadership of BRICS and follows a fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States, which was arranged in April after direct conflicts involving Israeli and U.S. strikes. There have been concerns about violations, especially in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n This will be Araghchi’s first visit to India since the latest round of conflicts began, highlighting Iran’s aim to become more involved in BRICS. The country has been a full member since 2024.<\/p>\n The focus of this two-day meeting will likely be on regional stability, cooperation between nations, and strengthening economies. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to attend, but China’s Wang Yi will be absent due to scheduling conflicts.<\/p>\n For India, this meeting comes at a crucial time. New Delhi has strong energy relationships with Iran, which it values as an important partnership. Discussions between Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Araghchi will likely touch on the safe movement of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, especially since India imports a large portion of its oil through this route.<\/p>\n The BRICS meeting serves as a platform for India to promote peace and cooperation while also maintaining good relations with key partners. However, the group has faced challenges in forming a united stance on the conflict in West Asia, partly due to differing views among its members, including Iran and the UAE. A united statement from the meeting could show BRICS as a significant voice for the Global South.<\/p>\n For Tehran, this engagement offers a chance to address Western pressures and look for new economic opportunities while ongoing ceasefire discussions with Washington unfold. Success in New Delhi could pave the way for a more robust BRICS leaders’ summit in 2026, but any failure to resolve differences might reveal fractures within the group.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iran’s Foreign Minister to Attend BRICS Meeting in India Amid Tensions Iran’s Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, is set to visit New Delhi this week for a BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting. This gathering, taking place on May 14-15, is particularly important as it comes at a time of rising tensions in West Asia that are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[15822,40824,16486,33588],"class_list":{"0":"post-31416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-india-news","8":"tag-abbas-araghchi","9":"tag-araghchi-indias-visit","10":"tag-brics","11":"tag-west-asia-tensions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}