India Hosts BRICS Foreign Ministers Summit Affirming Continued Membership Despite Western Pressure

India hosted a BRICS foreign ministers summit on May 13 in New Delhi, affirming its continued membership in the bloc despite pressure from Western partners to distance itself. The gathering comes amid evolving geopolitical alignments following the India-Pakistan conflict and the ongoing Iran war, with New Delhi balancing its strategic partnerships with both the US-led coalition and Russia-China aligned groupings.