Middle East war tensions strains recent BRICS ministerial talks in New Delhi

Top diplomats from BRICS nations, including rivals Iran and the United Arab Emirates, failed to issue a joint statement on Friday after ​a two-day meeting in New Delhi, leaving host India to release only a chair's statement that exposed their differences.

Tehran had wanted the grouping of emerging ‌economies to condemn the US-Israeli war on Iran and accused U.S. ally the UAE of direct involvement in military operations against it.

Joining us is the Head of Reasearch at the China-Global South Project, Dr Cobus van Staden.

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