Archive · 2 Sep 2026
UN Chief Guterres to Attend India’s BRICS Summit
Antonio Guterres leads the United Nations.
He is scheduled to visit India for a large meeting called the BRICS Summit.
India is hosting the meeting because it is chairing BRICS this year.
The summit will happen on September 12 and 13 in New Delhi.
Leaders from BRICS countries, partner countries and invited countries are expected to attend.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian are also expected.
Guterres’s spokesperson said the visit was scheduled, although one briefing said the official announcement had not yet been made.
The meeting will focus on resilience, new ideas, cooperation and sustainability.
Guterres may also use the gathering for diplomatic discussions with other leaders.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is scheduled to participate in the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi.
India will host the summit on September 12-13 at Bharat Mandapam as this year’s BRICS chair.
Guterres’s spokesperson said the visit was scheduled, while an official announcement was still pending at one briefing.
The summit’s theme is “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability.”
Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Masoud Pezeshkian are expected to attend amid conflicts in the Gulf region and Ukraine.
- Who
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, BRICS leaders, partner-country leaders and outreach invitees.
- What
- The 18th BRICS Summit, with Guterres scheduled to participate.
- When
- September 12-13; the reports were published on September 2.
- Where
- Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India.
- Why
- India is hosting the summit as BRICS chair to strengthen cooperation in political and security, economic and financial, and cultural and people-to-people areas.
- Host
- India
- Venue
- Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- Dates
- September 12-13
- Summit
- 18th BRICS Summit
- Theme
- Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability
- BRICS chairship
- India assumed its fourth chairship on January 1, 2026.
- Preparatory activity
- More than 350 meetings and high-level engagements have been held in over 25 Indian cities.
