PM Modi Joins World Leaders for Family Photo on Second Day of BRICS Summit in New Delhi

September 13, 2026

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of BRICS member and partner countries, outreach invitees and heads of international organisations posed for a family photo at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Sunday.

PM Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, World Health Organisation (WHO) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and several other leaders joined the family picture at Bharat Mandapam.

PM Modi Welcomes BRICS Leaders at Bharat Mandapam

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi welcomed leaders of the expanded BRICS grouping as they arrived at Bharat Mandapam for the second day of the summit.

The 18th BRICS Summit is being held under the theme “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability”, with leaders reaffirming their commitment to the BRICS spirit of mutual respect and understanding, sovereign equality, solidarity, democracy, openness, inclusiveness, collaboration and consensus.

On Saturday, BRICS nations adopted the New Delhi Declaration.

The declaration commended India for hosting the Outreach/BRICS Plus Dialogue segment of the summit and said India’s chairship had injected “new impetus” into efforts to strengthen international cooperation and solidarity.

New Delhi Declaration Focuses on Stronger BRICS Cooperation

The New Delhi Declaration said that, building on two decades of BRICS, member countries are committed to strengthening cooperation within the expanded grouping across three key pillars — political and security; economic and financial; and cultural and people-to-people cooperation.

The declaration also stressed the need to enhance the BRICS strategic partnership for the benefit of people through the promotion of peace, a more representative and fairer international order, a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system, sustainable development and inclusive growth.

BRICS countries reaching consensus on a Joint Statement on the first day of the summit hosted by India in New Delhi has been described as a “major diplomatic breakthrough”, particularly amid sharply divergent geopolitical positions among several participating countries.

Leaders Attend Gala Dinner, Tree Plantation Drive

The visiting leaders attended a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Modi for BRICS leaders at Bharat Mandapam on Saturday evening.

Leaders of BRICS member countries also participated in a joint tree plantation drive and visited the Bharat Innovates Exposition at Bharat Mandapam.