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China Backs India’s BRICS Chair, Calls for Deeper Ties & Fair Global Rules

Under India’s chairmanship, the 18th BRICS Summit in 2026 will focus on "Building Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation, and Sustainability," while advancing stronger multilateral collaboration across the Global South and promoting an inclusive, multipolar global order.
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Chinese envoy to India Xu Feihong on Tuesday reiterated Beijing’s support for India’s BRICS chairmanship, highlighting China’s commitment to strengthening the grouping’s long-term vision.

"China is ready to work with India, the BRICS chair for the year, and BRICS members as well as partner countries to follow the correct course of BRICS cooperation, deepen practical cooperation, improve the working mechanism, strengthen multilateral coordination, uphold international fairness and justice, and bring greater development to BRICS cooperation," Feihong posted on X.

BRICS Sherpas from member states and partner countries at the inaugural high-level coordination session held in New Delhi.
The remarks came in the context of the First BRICS Sherpa/Sous-Sherpa Meeting, held in New Delhi on Monday— the inaugural high-level coordination session under India’s chairmanship.
During the meeting, China’s BRICS Sherpa and Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu highlighted President Xi Jinping’s vision for the "high-quality development of greater BRICS cooperation".
"He outlined five key cooperation layouts of building a BRICS committed to peace, innovation, green development, justice and closer people-to-people exchanges. These have charted the course for the future development of the BRICS mechanism," Feihong added.
The New Delhi meeting brought together Sherpas from member states and partner countries to exchange views on annual priorities, major event arrangements, and preparations for the 18th BRICS Summit later in 2026.
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